Preliminary Annual Report on U.S. Holdings of Foreign Securities at Year-End 2023

Washington – Preliminary data from an annual survey of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2023 were released today and posted on the Treasury web site at (https://home.treasury.gov/data/treasury-international-capital-tic-system/tic-forms-instructions/us-claims-on-foreigners-from-holdings-of-foreign-securities). The final survey report, which will include additional detail as well as possible revisions to the data, will be released on October 31, 2024.

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, 2024, are currently being processed.  Preliminary results are expected to be reported on February 28, 2025.

Overall Preliminary Results

The survey measured the value of U.S. holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2023 at approximately $15.3 trillion, with $11.5 trillion held in foreign equities, $3.4 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 2022, measured the value of U.S. holdings at $14.0 trillion, with $10.3 trillion held in foreign equities, $3.3 trillion held in foreign long-term debt securities, and $0.4 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, 2022

Dec. 31, 2023

Long-term securities

13,563

14,915

      Equities

10,280

11,483

      Long-term debt

3,283

3,433

Short-term debt securities

     447

    422

Total

14,009

15,338

 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, 2023

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

        Total   Equity   Long-Term Debt   Short-Term Debt
1   Cayman Islands  

2,655

 

1,925

 

720

 

9

2   United Kingdom  

1,491

 

1,061

 

383

 

47

3   Canada  

1,391

 

839

 

452

 

100

4   Japan  

1,218

 

991

 

184

 

43

5   Ireland  

924

 

823

 

79

 

23

6   France  

816

 

597

 

173

 

46

7   Netherlands  

668

 

508

 

152

 

8

8   Switzerland  

655

 

608

 

46

 

1

9   Germany  

514

 

418

 

79

 

17

10   Australia  

442

 

269

 

132

 

41

11   India  

352

 

342

 

10

 

*

12   Taiwan  

316

 

316

 

*

 

0

13   Bermuda  

267

 

216

 

52

 

*

14   Korea, South  

253

 

227

 

25

 

*

15   Luxembourg  

238

 

172

 

61

 

4

16   Denmark  

219

 

206

 

12

 

*

17   China, mainland (1)  

217

 

202

 

15

 

*

18   Sweden  

197

 

156

 

19

 

21

19   Jersey  

192

 

145

 

47

 

0

20   Brazil  

181

 

157

 

23

 

1

21   Spain  

173

 

122

 

49

 

2

22   Mexico  

163

 

95

 

68

 

*

23   Italy  

155

 

107

 

48

 

*

24   International organizations  

137

 

1

 

127

 

10

25   Singapore  

121

 

74

 

30

 

18

26   Hong Kong  

104

 

97

 

5

 

1

27   Israel  

89

 

73

 

16

 

1

28   Norway  

75

 

38

 

25

 

12

29   Indonesia  

70

 

41

 

29

 

0

30   Belgium  

63

 

48

 

13

 

2

    Rest of world  

983

 

610

 

358

 

16

    Total  

15,338

 

11,483

 

3,433

 

422

 

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

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