Overview
- Treasury data show overseas holdings at $9.249 trillion, the first monthly decline in six months, yet still 5.5% higher than a year earlier.
- Japan’s stake rose for a ninth straight month to $1.189 trillion, the highest since August 2022, while the United Kingdom reduced holdings to $865 billion.
- China edged down to $700.5 billion, continuing a long-running pullback that analysts link to reserve diversification and support for the yuan.
- On a transactions basis, foreign Treasury purchases slowed sharply to $25.5 billion in September.
- Foreign investors bought $132.9 billion of U.S. equities and net capital inflows totaled $190.1 billion; the shutdown-delayed report sets the next update for December 18.