Foreign institutions to reduce debt, but the central bank holdings of U.S. debt

U.S. Federal Reserve (the U.S. Federal Reserve, FED) data released Thursday showed that foreign central banks in recent weeks to reduce the fifth consecutive week, the U.S. agency debt, the hedge will to favor higher public debt. As in the Oct. 29 week, the central bank held by foreign institutions to reduce debt 8,780,000,000 U.S. dollars, to 909,100,000,000 U.S. dollars, fell for the week prior to 8,280,000,000 U.S. dollars. This makes foreign central banks since early October to the U.S. agency debt holdings Cumulative reduction of 60,100,000,000 U.S. dollars. Since the launch of U.S. banks to issue short-secured debt initiatives, bond investors that the credibility of the degree is higher than that of the Fannie Mae mortgage and the United States and institutions such as mortgage bonds issued by the agency. In a recent week, foreign central bank holdings of U.S. bonds increased 7,910,000,000 U.S. dollars to 1.575 trillion (trillion) dollars. For a week prior to the increase in 12,570,000,000 U.S. dollars. Commissioned by the Federal Reserve Bank of hosting foreign bond holdings breakdown shows that foreign central banks in the last week of public debt held by the United States and agencies to reduce the total debt of 865,000,000 U.S. dollars to 2.484 trillion dollars. Overseas central banks, especially Asian countries, the central bank in recent years to buy a large number of U.S. bonds, which the United States accounts for holders of the bonds can be more than a quarter of the total number of transactions.