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Foreign ownership of U.S. Treasury securities: what the data show and do not show


Abstract: The Treasury Department makes available to the public considerable information about foreign holdings of its securities. Nevertheless, it is not possible to determine from the published data exactly which foreigners own U.S. Treasury debt and how much of this debt is in foreign hands.

Keywords: Treasury bills; Investments, Foreign - United States;

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Part of Series: Current Issues in Economics and Finance

Publication Date: 1998

Volume: 4

Issue: May

Order Number: 5