Saudi holdings of US Treasuries at $119.7 bln in December 2022

Saudi Arabia’s holdings of US Treasuries reached $119.7 billion in December 2022, falling $1.8 billion month-on-month (MoM), new data released by the US Treasury showed.

The Kingdom maintained the 16th place among the largest holders of US debt in December.

Saudi Arabia’s holdings of US Treasuries were distributed among long-term bonds worth $106.5 billion, representing 89% of the total. This is besides short-term bonds worth $13.2 billion, accounting for 11%.

The table below shows development in Saudi Holdings of US Treasuries since 2021:

Saudi Holdings of US Treasury Bonds*
Month	Value ($ bln)	Change ($ bln)
January 2021	135.1	(1.3)
February	132.9	(2.2)
March	130.8	(2.1)
April	130.3	(0.5)
May	127.3	(3)
June	127.6	+0.3
July	128.1	+0.5
August	124.1	(4.0)
September	123.8	(0.3)
October	116.5	(7.8)
November	116.5	--
December	119.0	+2.5
January 2022	119.4	+0.4
February	116.7	(2.7)
March	115.5	(1.2)
April	115.7	+0.2
May	114.7	(1.0)
June	119.2	+4.5
July	121.6	+2.4
August	122.1	+0.5
September	121.0	(1.1)
October	120.7	(0.3)
November	121.5	+0.7
December	119.7	(1.8)

*Updated data

Japan was the top holder of US Treasury bonds in December with a value of $1.076 trillion. China came next, with a value of $867.1 billion, as the following table shows:

US Treasury Bonds Holders – December 2022
Rank	Country	Value ($ bln)
1	Japan	1,076.3
2	China	867.1
3	UK	654.5
4	Belgium	354.3
5	Luxembourg	329.4
6	Cayman Islands	283.8
7	Switzerland	269.7
8	Ireland	254.8
9	Taiwan	225.5
10	India	224.1
11	Hong Kong	221.0
12	Brazil	217.4
13	Canada	215.1
14	France	189.0
15	Singapore	178.9
16	Saudi Arabia	119.7
Others		1,634.0
Total Foreign Holdings		7,314.6

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