China Boosts Holdings of US Treasury Debt

The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that:

As of the end of the U.S. federal government's 2011 fiscal year on 30 September 2011, the United States' total public debt outstanding was recorded to be approximately $14.790 trillion. From the end of the U.S. government's Fiscal Year 2010, the amount of the U.S. national debt has increased by 9.1% in just one year, or $1.2 trillion. The chart below provides a preliminary look at who the biggest holders of all the U.S. government's public debt outstanding were as of 30 September 2011:

[AP] - China, the biggest buyer of U.S. Treasury securities, has boosted its holdings for the third straight month. China's holdings of Treasury debt rose to $883.5 billion in September, the Treasury Department says in a report.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Overseas investors cut back on purchases of long-term U.S. securities in April, the U.S. Treasury said on Friday, as both public and private accounts unloaded mortgage-backed debt. The United States attracted a net long-term capital inflow of $25.6 billion in April after drawing $36 billion in March. Foreigners stepped up Treasury purchases to $37.3 billion from $20.1 billion in March but were net sellers of securities guaranteed by the biggest U.S. mortgage financing agencies to the tune of $14.1 billion. ...

[AP] - China, the biggest buyer of U.S. Treasury securities, has increased its holdings for a fourth straight month. The Treasury Department said Wednesday that China's holdings of Treasury debt rose 2.6 percent in October to $906.8 billion.

[AP] - China, the biggest buyer of U.S. Treasury securities, has increased its holdings for a fourth straight month. The Treasury Department said Wednesday that China's holdings of Treasury debt rose 2.6 percent in October to $906.8 billion.

[AP] - China, the biggest buyer of U.S. Treasury debt, increased its holdings in May for the second straight month, after five months of declines.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- China, the biggest buyer of U.S. Treasury debt, has increased its holdings in May for the second straight month, after five months of declines....