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(A blogger in China reports:)
Let talk a closer look at the World of buyers and
sellers of US dollar denominated assets like US Treasuries. Below is
the year- to -year net changes in foreign holdings of US
Treasuries. These are the latest numbers available from the US
Treasury (April numbers are not available yet). These numbers
represent the net change for a year (from March 2006 to March
2007). Don?t confuse these numbers with the existing foreign holdings
of these countries.
- Countries with a negative number mean they are net sellers - Countries with a positive number mean they are net buyers - Total amount of net sales are -$116.8 led by UK, Japan, France, and Korea - China is the largest net buyer at $101, which almost makes up for all the net sellers - Very surprised that Luxemburg is such a large net buyer Foreign Holdings Net Change (billions) China 101 Brazil 39.2 Luxemburg 25 Caribbean 21.7 Oil Exports 14.9 India 8.9 Turkey 6.6 Netherlands 5.7 All Others 2.6 Switzerland 2 Israel 1.8 Germany 1 Thailand 0.4 Italy 0.3 Poland 0 Sweden -2.9 Canada -3.3 Singapore -3.5 Mexico -4.9 Belgium -4.9 Ireland -7.9 Korea -14.3 France -14.3 Japan -26.7 UK -34.1 Existing foreign holdings of US securities
2005/2006 (in total about $7 trillion of longterm securities):
TIC data (time Tics away):
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