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Foreign Banks: Number One Consumer Of American Debt

Published 06/27/08 Jeff Bennett - Print Article
E-mail - editor@economyincisis.org

Our nasty habit of selling our debt to foreign banks continued this week as they remain the top-consumer of American debt. According to the U.S. Treasury – as of December 2007 – U.S. public debt totaled $5,136 billion with 46 percent of total debt owned by foreign banks, totaling $2,353.4 billion.

Asian banks now possess more than 25 percent of U.S. marketable Treasuries, a frightening fact. It is astounding to believe foreign banks have any interest in purchasing our plummeting dollar. A continued dependence on foreigners must stop.

Source Reuters UK:

Foreign central banks were net buyers of U.S. Treasury debt and U.S. federal agency debt in the latest week, U.S. Federal Reserve data showed on Thursday.

Overseas central banks, particularly those in Asia, have been huge buyers of U.S. debt in recent years, and own over a quarter of marketable Treasuries.


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