China bought $24b in US T-bonds in July: paper |
| Date Added: September 21, 2009 02:25:40 AM |
| Author: |
| Category: Footwear |
| China snapped up $24.1 billion worth of US treasury bonds in July, pushing its total holdings to $800.5 billion by the end of that L-Methionine month, the China Securities Journal on reported Thursday, quoting a US announcement. China is the single-biggest holder of US government debt -- it held $768 billion in Treasuries as of March -- and has watched l-phenylalanine uneasily as Washington has spent lavishly to try to haul the US economy out of its deepest recession in 80 years. Japan, the second-largest holder of Treasury debt, raised its holdings to $724.5 billion in July from $711.8 billion. Next on the list, Britain boosted its holdings to $220 billion from $214 billion. |
Article Details