China remains largest foreign buyer of US Treasury bonds

China’s holdings of US Treasury bonds in September hit their lowest in a year, but the country remained the largest foreign buyer of US government debt, statistics released Friday by US Department of the Treasury showed.

China’s holdings of US Treasuries totaled 1.151 trillion US dollars in September, down by 13.7 billion dollars from the previous month.

The statistics also showed that Japan, the second largest foreign buyer, is a net seller of US treasuries in September, too, with its holdings slipping from 1.03 trillion dollars to a one-year low of 1.028 trillion dollars.

The data represented aggregation of purchases and sales by both foreign official institutions and private investors. Together, US Treasuries saw a net foreign outflow of 29.1 billion dollars in September.

Of that, net foreign private inflows were 23.5 billion dollars and net foreign official outflows were 52.7 billion dollars, meaning that the foreign private sector remained a net buyer while foreign official institutions contributed more to the selling activity.

 

China remains largest foreign buyer of US Treasury bonds

Chinas holdings of US Treasury bonds in September hit their lowest in a year, but the country remained the largest foreign buyer of US government debt, statistics released Friday by US Department of the Treasury showed. Chinas holdings of US Treasuries totaled 1.151 trillion US dollars in September, down by 13.7 billion dollars from the previous month. The statistics also showed that Japan, the second largest foreign buyer, is a net seller of US treasuries in September, too, with its holdings slipping from 1.03 trillion dollars to a one-year low of 1.028 trillion dollars. The data represented aggregation of purchases and sales by both foreign official institutions and private investors. Together, US Treasuries saw a net foreign outflow of 29.1 billion dollars in September. Of that, net foreign private inflows were 23.5 billion dollars and net foreign official outflows were 52.7 billion dollars, meaning that the foreign private sector remained a net buyer while foreign official institutions contributed more to the selling activity.