Sunday, 18 November 2012

Japan Outpaces China Again in Buying Treasurys in Sept

The prospects are increasing for Japan to topple China as the biggest Treasury bond owner. Japan's holdings in Sept rose by $7.9 billion, while China's ticked up by only $3 million. Japan is now only $24.8 billion behind China in terms of the value of total Treasury bond holdings, a plunge compared to a gap of $286.3 billion a year ago. Meanwhile, Switzerland continued to diversify its euros into Treasury bonds. It added $4.1 billion in Sept, the fifth-straight month that it boosted Treasury holdings.

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