One of the most glaring declines has come from Russia, which sliced its holdings of U.S. debt nearly in half from March to April, from $96.1 billion to $48.7 billion. Russia's Treasury ownership peaked at $108.7 billion in May 2017.

    In all, foreigners held $6.17 trillion of the total $14.84 trillion of Treasury debt outstanding through April. The national debt including intragovernmental holdings has swelled to more than $21 trillion.

https://twitter.com/EconguyRosie/status/1009086175796133888

KapteinB:

Does this mean these countries have been selling their US treasury bonds, or just that they haven't bought new ones when old ones expired?


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