Saudi holdings of US Treasuries up to $115.7 bln in April

16/06/2022 Argaam Special


Saudi Arabia’s holdings of US Treasuries rose to $115.7 billion in April 2022, jumping by $0.2 billion month-on-month, new data released by the US Treasury showed.

 

The Kingdom rose to the 17th place among the largest holders of US debt in April.

 

Saudi Arabia’s investments in US Treasuries were distributed among long-term bonds worth $100.39 billion, or 87% of the total, and short-term bonds worth $15.35 billion, accounting for 13%.

 

Saudi Holdings of US Treasury Bonds

Month

Value ($ bln)

Change ($ bln)

January 2020

182.9

+3.1

February

184.4

+1.6

March

159.1

(25.3)

April

125.3

(33.8)

May

123.5

(1.8)

June

124.9

+1.4

July

124.6

(0.3)

August

130.0

+5.4

September

131.2

+1.2

October

134.2

+3.0

November

137.6

+3.4

December

136.4

(1.2)

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

 

 

Japan was the top holder of US Treasury bonds in April with a value of $1.218 trillion, followed by China with $1.003 trillion, as the following table shows:

 

US Treasury Bonds Holders – April

Order

Country

Value ($ bln)

1

Japan

1218.5

2

China

1003.4

3

UK

612.7

4

Ireland

309.6

5

Luxembourg

294.0

6

Cayman Islands

291.5

7

Switzerland

271.6

8

Belgium

255.7

9

France

243.8

10

Brazil

233.3

11

Taiwan

228.4

12

Canada

220.4

13

India

199.0

14

Hong Kong

195.4

15

Singapore

183.1

16

Korea

117.8

17

Saudi Arabia

115.7

Others

1461.4

Total Foreign Holdings

7455.3

 

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