[The scale of foreign holdings of US treasury bond bonds reached the largest increase in a year and a record high] Gold Finance reported that on April 16, the size of US treasury bond bonds held by foreign countries recorded the largest increase in February in the past year, reaching a record high of $9.49 trillion, mainly driven by the increase in positions of Canada and Saudi Arabia. According to data released by the US Treasury Department on Wednesday, overseas holdings increased by $197.7 billion in February compared to the previous month's revised data. Canada's monthly holdings have always fluctuated greatly, increasing by $50.5 billion to $446.3 billion in February. Saudi Arabia's holdings increased by $25.6 billion to $160.4 billion in the month leading up to the outbreak of the US Israel war against Iran. As the largest overseas holder of US Treasury bonds, Japan's holdings increased by $14 billion to $124 trillion; The second largest holder, the United Kingdom, increased by $17.6 billion to $897.3 billion. The third largest holding country, China, saw its holdings decrease by $1.1 billion to $693.3 billion.