China Increased Its Holdings Of US $5 Billion 700 Million In June.

Foreign investors reduce U.S. holdings in June National debt The biggest reason for this is that the debate over the US debt ceiling has intensified, but China has increased its holdings of US Treasury bonds for third consecutive months.

Us monthly Treasury International capital The Treasury International Capital report showed that in June, the net purchases of medium and long-term US Treasury bonds by private foreign investors decreased by 18 billion 300 million US dollars, compared with an increase of US $16 billion 400 million in May. The previous record fell by $16 billion 500 million in June 2000.

China's holdings of US Treasury bonds increased in June 5 billion 700 million US $1 trillion and 166 billion to US $7 billion 300 million in May. However, analysts are cautious about the data and fear that it may not reflect the overall picture of China's activities in the US Treasury bond market.

Japan sold net treasury bonds in that month. Japan is still the second largest holder of US Treasury bonds, but the country has reduced its holdings of US Treasuries from US $912 billion 400 million in May to US $911 billion.