Who Funds This Fiasco? Major Foreign Holders Of US Treasuries
Who is actively buying US Debt?
As you can see in the official report below, aside from the two Asian giant creditors of China & Japan, 7 of the 12 largest holders of US Treasuries are tax havens for foreign corporate and individual entities.
Tiny Belgium sticks out like a big red thumb as evidence of BLICS activity.
This BLICS phenomenon was highlighted in 2014-2015, as the hidden US Fed Quantitative Easing factory.
Rumor has it; The US Federal Reserve has been doubling their US T-Bond purchases under the QE veil by using Belgium as a clearinghouse. The nations conceal their US T-Bond purchases, using Dollar Swap volume put as available by the US Fed itself, to double the QE volume without a full set of eyes.
The BLICS nations are Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland, Cayman, and Switzerland. They each hide US Fed slush funds for US T-Bond purchases. Credit to Zero Hedge (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-05-18/revealing-identity-mystery-belgian-buyer-us-treasurys) for publicity on BLICS back over three years ago.
(in billions of dollars)
HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD
Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul
Country 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017
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China, Mainland 1171.0 1178.7 1183.1 1181.9 1187.7 1176.7 1168.2 1184.9 1176.6 1189.2 1182.3 1201.7 1166.9
Japan 1035.5 1030.4 1048.8 1031.2 1043.5 1059.5 1065.8 1061.5 1084.1 1094.0 1096.0 1101.7 1113.3
Ireland 300.2 299.6 301.0 300.4 317.9 314.0 327.5 326.5 324.3 312.4 310.6 309.0 312.3
Brazil 299.7 300.1 299.2 294.1 286.0 272.9 265.7 256.8 265.3 270.0 272.8 273.6 271.9
United Kingdom 271.7 274.0 265.0 262.7 263.7 250.5 243.3 250.0 237.5 225.9 237.4 225.0 229.6
Switzerland 233.1 236.6 243.4 242.2 245.4 248.0 251.1 249.6 250.9 254.0 253.3 248.2 244.5
Luxembourg 221.5 219.7 209.1 213.9 221.6 218.6 220.9 217.6 218.3 217.9 213.9 213.3 213.0
Cayman Islands 196.3 197.2 185.8 180.7 165.5 176.9 168.0 170.6 240.4 247.2 246.9 242.9 240.5
Hong Kong 194.4 196.1 191.9 194.0 196.2 196.5 194.1 194.7 194.9 192.3 194.4 194.5 196.7
Saudi Arabia 166.8 164.9 162.1 159.9 151.2 150.9 143.6 147.4 147.6 145.2 136.7 137.9 142.5
Taiwan 164.2 162.5 164.8 168.1 170.1 170.7 175.4 180.9 179.9 181.7 183.9 182.0 184.1
Belgium 154.5 154.7 150.5 137.6 125.5 125.7 123.7 119.2 115.3 116.0 104.8 96.9 99.4
India 142.6 147.3 148.9 152.8 157.0 152.9 148.6 144.7 140.8 141.4 145.1 138.9 135.7
Singapore 127.6 122.1 118.9 118.0 117.8 118.0 122.6 125.0 124.2 130.4 125.2 119.3 112.3
France 111.0 93.4 89.6 82.5 80.9 77.0 78.4 80.9 76.6 77.9 78.2 76.0 80.0
Korea 109.1 105.9 104.7 104.5 100.4 101.3 101.7 96.2 98.5 100.1 94.3 95.0 97.9
Canada 96.0 100.2 96.6 89.4 92.9 89.1 85.5 86.1 82.4 78.0 75.0 73.6 75.5
Germany 71.0 71.2 78.3 86.0 76.5 78.5 71.0 72.3 71.6 72.9 74.9 73.0 73.3
Bermuda 64.0 60.2 63.6 64.7 66.4 67.4 67.5 67.0 63.5 62.9 62.4 62.3 61.5
Thailand 63.0 58.6 62.2 60.8 57.2 68.0 67.2 60.9 68.0 68.4 70.8 71.6 67.2
Norway 61.1 50.0 49.7 39.3 40.2 50.4 46.9 51.1 55.3 60.6 64.1 58.0 54.9
United Arab Emirates 59.7 59.6 60.0 59.7 59.2 57.5 55.1 57.7 58.2 57.7 54.3 55.9 59.9
Netherlands 45.1 44.8 45.1 42.5 43.9 44.8 45.1 48.6 47.6 45.1 47.5 50.3 50.5
Sweden 44.7 46.3 45.5 45.1 46.2 46.3 46.3 43.9 44.7 45.3 45.9 44.3 42.7
Kuwait 42.9 42.9 43.9 42.6 36.9 36.3 36.9 36.8 36.8 39.4 38.0 35.6 33.0
Poland 40.6 40.6 40.2 41.4 40.3 40.4 40.7 40.0 38.4 38.8 37.3 36.3 35.6
Mexico 39.6 40.8 43.2 41.9 45.2 35.4 33.9 38.7 40.6 41.6 40.5 34.7 35.8
Australia 39.2 39.6 37.6 36.0 34.1 38.5 37.8 37.5 40.6 38.7 36.9 37.8 37.9
Italy 38.4 40.7 39.6 36.4 37.2 36.6 35.4 35.2 35.6 34.5 35.3 35.4 36.2
Spain 36.1 31.8 34.5 31.3 32.0 32.4 34.7 33.5 36.2 36.9 38.1 38.2 38.2
Philippines 30.4 31.6 31.6 31.5 32.1 33.0 33.8 36.4 35.8 36.4 35.5 36.3 38.1
All Other 580.6 569.8 575.1 600.1 645.9 651.7 650.0 657.4 675.7 671.5 669.8 650.5 649.4
Grand Total 6251.6 6211.7 6213.7 6173.3 6216.6 6216.4 6186.6 6209.7 6306.2 6324.1 6301.9 6249.4 6230.2
Of which:
For. Official 4007.8 3988.4 3990.8 4003.3 4049.1 4029.6 3997.2 4025.6 4054.7 4079.1 4070.4 4051.7 4034.5
Treasury Bills 339.6 336.3 346.3 323.2 318.6 333.9 325.0 317.2 339.6 332.2 325.2 324.1 330.6
T-Bonds & Notes 3668.1 3652.1 3644.5 3680.1 3730.5 3695.7 3672.1 3708.4 3715.1 3746.9 3745.2 3727.6 3703.9
Source: Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board
September 18, 2018
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