Japan kept its position as the largest foreign holder of U.S. Treasurys for the sixth month in a row in November 2019, despite its holdings declining slightly to $1.161 trillion from $1.168 trillion in October, data from the U.S. Treasury Department showed.

China's holdings came in at $1.089 trillion in November, lower than the $1.102 trillion in Treasurys that it held the previous month.

Net foreign sales of long-term securities totaled $22.9 billion in November, taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities.

The net international capital outflow of U.S. securities for November was $32.5 billion.