The foreign assets of treasury bills climbed to a record in June

Foreign Holdings totaled $ 9.13 billions of dollars for June, up 80.2 billion dollars from May, figures from the Treasury Department showed on Friday. For the first half of the year, foreign assets increased by $ 508.1 billion. It was during a period during which a reference gauge of the dollar dropped by almost 11%, the most since 1973.

Great Britain and Belgium have seen the biggest gains in equity, while India – currently involved in a commercial battle with the Trump administration – and Ireland has displayed declins. China’s stock has changed little. Assets are affected by net sales or purchases as well as evaluation changes. The Treasury Bloomberg US index progressed in June, after a sale the previous month.

Japan, the largest holder of treasury bills, experienced an increase of $ 12.6 billion in its assets, to 1.15 dollars, while Chinese stock – now the third, behind the United Kingdom – increased $ 100 million to $ 756.4 billion. Belgium, whose assets include Chinese childcare accounts according to market analysts, saw its stock increase by $ 17.9 billion to $ 433.4 billion.

British assets jumped $ 48.7 billion, the most since March 2023, to 858.1 billion dollars.

India total fell $ 7.9 billion to $ 227.4 billion.

The assets abroad of treasury bills were developed in a context of concern concerning foreign demand after President Donald Trump slapped the increases in prices of the rest of the world. Foreign funds and governments hold more than 30% of US Treasury bills.