U.S. and Hong Kong (2009)

PRELIMINARY REPORT ON FOREIGN HOLDINGS OF U.S. SECURITIES AT END-JUNE 2008

Preliminary data from the latest annual survey of foreign portfolio holdings of U.S. securities are now available. The survey measured foreign holdings as of June 30, 2008, to be $10,324 billion, with $2,969 billion held in U.S. equities, $6,494 billion in U.S. long-term debt securities (securities with an original term-to-maturity in excess of one year), and $861 billion in U.S. short-term debt securities. The previous survey for June 30, 2007, found $9,772 billion in foreign holdings of all U.S. securities, with $3,130 billion held in U.S. equities, $6,007 billion in U.S. long-term debt securities, and $635 billion in U.S. short-term debt securities. A detailed survey report, which will include final data as well as additional data detail, is expected to be available at end-April 2009. The survey was a joint effort of the Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Three data tables are presented below. Each table presents holdings by country of foreign holder. The first table shows foreign holdings of U.S. securities split into holdings of equities, long-term debt, and short-term debt. The second table divides holdings of long-term debt securities by type of issuer as follows: U.S. Treasury, U.S. government agency asset-backed, U.S. government agency non-asset-backed, U.S. corporate and other asset-backed, and U.S. corporate and other non-asset-backed. The third table shows separately foreign holdings of short-term U.S. Treasury, U.S. government agencies, and corporate (and other) debt securities.

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The Press Release is dated February 27, 2009.

Last Updated: February 27, 2009

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Table 1 (preliminary data, Feb. 27, 2009)
Foreign holdings of U.S. securities by country as of June 30, 2008
($ Millions)

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Country: Hong Kong
Total LT+ST: 147,380
Equity: 29,322
Total LT Debt: 101,232
Total ST Debt: 16,826

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Table 2 (preliminary data, Feb. 27, 2009)
Foreign holdings of long-term debt securities by country as of June 30, 2008
($ Millions)

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Country: Hong Kong
Total LT Debt: 101,232
Treasury: 63,525
Agency ABS: 8,776
Agency other: 10,559
Corporate ABS: 9,949
Corporate other: 8,422

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Table 3 (preliminary data, Feb. 27, 2009)
Foreign holdings of short-term debt securities by country as of June 30, 2008
($ Millions)

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Country: Hong Kong
Total: 16,826
Treasury: 1811
Agency: 11,509
Corporate: 3,506

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