WASHINGTON, March 15 (Xinhua) -- China's holdings of US Treasuries increased for a second consecutive month in January to $1.126 trillion, according to data released Friday by the US Department of the Treasury.

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China, which remains the largest foreign holder of US Treasuries, held $1.123 trillion US Treasuries in December, a slight rebound after a six-month decreasing streak.

In the meantime, Japan's holdings of US Treasuries increased to 1.069 trillion dollars in January, up from the $1.042 trillion level in December.

Combined, China and Japan hold more than a third of the total foreign holdings of US Treasuries.

When aggregating net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term US securities and banking flows, the result was a $143.7 billion net foreign outflow of US securities in January, a surge from $33.1 billiona month earlier, the data showed.