Foreigners raise holdings of U.S. Treasuries for second month in January: data

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasuries rose for a second straight month in January, data from the U.S. Treasury department showed on Monday.

Foreign investors held $7.119 trillion in Treasuries in January, up from $7.07 trillion the previous month. Japan’s holdings, the largest non-U.S. holder of Treasuries, rose to $1.276 trillion in January, from $1.251 trillion in December 2020.