Saudi Arabia’s holdings of US Treasuries rose for the seventh straight month by $2.3 billion to $126.8 billion by the end of April, new data released by the US Treasury showed.
The kingdom ranked as the 11th largest holder of US debt in April, while Japan and China topped the list with $1.11 trillion and $1.05 trillion, respectively.
Elsewhere in the GCC, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) cut its holdings by $2.4 billion to $60.6 billion, while Kuwait reduced holdings of US Treasuries by nearly $1.1 billion to $31.3 billion.
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Saudi holdings of US treasury bonds |
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Month |
Value (USD bln) |
Variation |
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January 2016 |
123.6 |
+ 4.7 |
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February |
119.8 |
(3.8) |
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March |
116.8 |
(3.0) |
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April |
113.0 |
(3.8) |
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May |
103.7 |
(9.3) |
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June |
98.3 |
(5.4) |
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July |
96.5 |
(1.8) |
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August |
93.0 |
(3.5) |
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September |
89.4 |
(3.6) |
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October |
96.7 |
+ 7.3 |
|
November |
100.1 |
+ 3.4 |
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December |
102.8 |
+ 2.7 |
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January 2017 |
112.3 |
+ 9.5 |
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February* |
116.7 |
+ 4.4 |
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March* |
124.5 |
+ 7.8 |
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April |
126.8 |
+ 2.3 |
* Data Update. 
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