The Cayman Islands remained the sixth-largest foreign holder of US Treasury securities in June, despite reducing its holdings by $18.2 billion during the month.
According to United States Department of the Treasury data, the jurisdiction held US$453.1 billion in Treasury securities at the end of the month, down from $471.3bn in May.
The June figure was also below the $471.6bn held in April and $460.1bn in March. However, it was above the $440.9bn recorded in June 2025.
Cayman ranked sixth among the major foreign holders of US Treasury securities in June.
Japan held the largest amount at $1.1167 trillion, followed by the United Kingdom at $939.9bn and mainland China at $633.4bn.
Belgium held $482.5bn and Canada held $459.6bn. Luxembourg followed Cayman with $434.2bn.
Cayman’s holdings have fluctuated over the past year.
They fell to $421.6bn in December 2025 before rising to $433.2bn in January, $443.4bn in February, $460.1bn in March and $471.6bn in April.
The June decline came as foreign residents reduced their holdings of US Treasury bills by $29bn. Their holdings of all dollar-denominated short-term US securities and other custody liabilities also fell by $4.9bn.
Banks’ own net dollar-denominated liabilities to foreign residents decreased by $34.4bn in June.
At the same time, foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term US securities by $207.1bn. Private foreign investors accounted for $169.8bn of those net purchases, while foreign official institutions accounted for $37.3bn.
After adjustments including estimated foreign portfolio acquisitions of US stocks through stock swaps, overall net foreign purchases of long-term securities were estimated at $172.7bn.
The Treasury reported a net TIC inflow of $133.5bn for June. Net foreign private inflows were $85bn, while net foreign official inflows were $48.4bn.
US residents also increased their holdings of long-term foreign securities through $34.4bn in net purchases.
The next TIC release covering July is scheduled for 16 September.
