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Preliminary Annual Report on U.S. Holdings of Foreign Securities at Year-End 2022

WASHINGTON Preliminary data from an annual survey of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2022 were released today and posted on the Treasury website here. The final survey report, which will include additional detail as well as possible revisions to the data, will be released on October 31, 2023.

The survey was undertaken jointly by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 

A complementary survey measuring foreign holdings of U.S. securities also is conducted annually.  Data from the most recent such survey, which reports on securities held on June 30, 2023, are currently being processed. Preliminary results are expected to be reported on February 29, 2024.

Overall Preliminary Results

The survey measured the value of U.S. holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2022 at approximately $14.0 trillion, with $10.3 trillion held in foreign equities, $3.3 trillion held in foreign long-term debt securities (original term-to-maturity in excess of one year), and $0.4 trillion held in foreign short-term debt securities. The previous such survey, conducted as of year-end 2021, measured the value of U.S. holdings at $16.3 trillion, with $12.1 trillion held in foreign equities, $3.7 trillion held in foreign long-term debt securities, and $0.6 trillion held in foreign short-term debt securities. 

Press release for End of August

Table 1.  U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities, by type of security, as of survey dates

(Billions of dollars)

Type of Security

Dec. 31, 2021

Dec. 31, 2022

Long-term securities

15,757

13,536

      Equities

12,061

10,258

      Long-term debt

3,696

3,278

Short-term debt securities

      562

     447

Total

16,319

13,983

 

Table 2. U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities, by country of issuer and type of security, for the countries attracting the most U.S. portfolio investment, as of December 31, 2022

(Market value, billions of dollars, except as noted)

       

Total

 

Equity

 

Long-Term Debt

 

Short-Term Debt

1

  Cayman Islands  

      2,652 

 

      1,919 

 

                  725 

 

                        8 

2

  United Kingdom  

      1,393 

 

         973 

 

                  388 

 

                      32 

3

  Canada  

      1,240 

 

         730 

 

                  396 

 

                    115 

4

  Japan  

      1,085 

 

         840 

 

                  186 

 

                      59 

5

  Ireland  

         775 

 

         677 

 

                    79 

 

                      20 

6

  France  

         695 

 

         506 

 

                  157 

 

                      32 

7

  Switzerland  

         592 

 

         549 

 

                    41 

 

                        2 

8

  Netherlands  

         581 

 

         414 

 

                  154 

 

                      13 

9

  Germany  

         454 

 

         358 

 

                    82 

 

                      14 

10

  Australia  

         423 

 

         253 

 

                  122 

 

                      48 

11

  India  

         287 

 

         277 

 

                      9 

 

                        0 

12

  Bermuda  

         249 

 

         202 

 

                    47 

 

                        0 

13

  China, mainland (1)  

         243 

 

         226 

 

                    15 

 

                        1 

14

  Taiwan  

         232 

 

         231 

 

                      1 

 

 * 

15

  Korea, South  

         205 

 

         180 

 

                    23 

 

                        2 

16

  Luxembourg  

         204 

 

         143 

 

                    56 

 

                        4 

17

  Sweden  

         180 

 

         131 

 

                    22 

 

                      27 

18

  Denmark  

         173 

 

         160 

 

                    13 

 

                        0 

19

  Jersey  

         161 

 

         134 

 

                    27 

 

                        0 

20

  Brazil  

         150 

 

         135 

 

                    15 

 

                        1 

21

  Mexico  

         143 

 

           73 

 

                    69 

 

                        1 

22

  Spain  

         142 

 

         101 

 

                    40 

 

                        2 

23

  International organizations  

         137 

 

             0 

 

                  125 

 

                      12 

24

  Hong Kong  

         127 

 

         121 

 

                      6 

 

                        1 

25

  Italy  

         124 

 

           81 

 

                    43 

 

                        0 

26

  Singapore  

         111 

 

           71 

 

                    12 

 

                      28 

27

  Israel  

           87 

 

           68 

 

                    18 

 

                        1 

28

  Norway  

           86 

 

           50 

 

                    28 

 

                        9 

29

  South Africa  

           65 

 

           51 

 

                    14 

 

                        0 

30

  Indonesia  

           65 

 

           36 

 

                    28 

 

 * 

    Rest of world  

         922 

 

         567 

 

                  339 

 

                      16 

 

  Total  

13,983

 

10,258

 

3,278

 

447

 

* Between zero and $500 million. (1) China excludes Hong Kong and Macau, which are reported separately. 

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