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Why Would Any Country Buy U.S. Treasuries?

Posted Oct 3rd 2010 11:40AM by Connie Madon (RSS feed)
Filed under: Market Matters, Economic Data, Federal Reserve

U.S. Federal Reserve The world of international finance is a complex web. The U.S. is still the powerhouse when it comes to gross domestic product. Yet, while perched on top of the heap, the U.S. faces major problems with high-level debt and unemployment.

The U.S. Federal Reserve is faced with having to issue massive amounts of debt just to keep pace with the growing deficits. Now the Fed is planning another round of stimulus by buying more treasuries, dubbed QE2.

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China gives U.S. Treasuries a vote of no-confidence?

Posted Mar 13th 2009 12:00PM by Mark Fightmaster (RSS feed)
Filed under: International Markets, China, Financial Crisis

Earlier today, China's premier expressed concern about its sizable holdings of Treasuries and U.S. debt. Premier Wen Jiabao asked America to safeguard the value of Treasuries, noting that China is ready to expand its stimulus if the economy gets worse.

According to Wen, China is the biggest foreign creditor to the U.S. -- causing the Premier to ask the U.S. to make sure that its response to the current economic environment doesn't harm the value of the Chinese holdings.

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Oil exporting countries may become biggest U.S. Government creditors

Posted Jul 14th 2008 5:15PM by Joseph Lazzaro (RSS feed)
Filed under: International Markets, Russia, Middle East, Japan, Commodities, Oil

Oil's four-year bull run to +$140 per barrel has increased the wealth of 'petrodollar' nations, and is about set to propel another shift, this time in the bond market.

Petroleum-exporting nations, such as Saudi Arabia and Russia are set to become the biggest creditor nations to the U.S. Government, Bloomberg News reported Monday.

Holdings of petrodollar nations increased 44% to $510 billion through April, Bloomberg News reported Monday -- an increase pace that's set to displace Japan, which holds the largest amount of U.S. Treasuries, at $592.2 billion.

Oil rose about 20 cents to $145.28 per barrel in late Monday afternoon trading.

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Greenspan says globalization a factor in housing bubble

Posted Dec 14th 2007 1:22PM by Joseph Lazzaro (RSS feed)
Filed under: International Markets, Forecasts, Other Issues, China, Russia, Japan, Housing, Federal Reserve

When the typical investor speaks, Wall Street listens, to a degree. When Alan Greenspan speaks, Wall Street listens very closely.

Greenspan, who served as Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve for 18 years, said that while it's too soon to say a U.S. recession is up ahead, "the odds are clearly rising," National Public Radio reported. Greenspan added that U.S. economic growth is "getting close to stall speed."

Greenspan, 81, left the Fed in January 2006 after nearly two decades as leader of the world's most powerful central bank. When he left, the U.S. economy was growing at or near trend levels, or what economists call 'sustainable growth' levels.

However, the increase in subprime mortgage and related asset defaults, the housing sector's correction and persistently high energy prices, are expected to cool the current U.S. economic expansion, which began in 2001. Many economists expect Q4 2007 GDP growth to slow to 2.5-2.9%. Some are predicting an economic recession at the start of 2008. The U.S. economy grew at a 4.9% rate in Q3 2007.

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