Japan has consolidated leadership as the largest lender to the United States

According to the latest data from the US Treasury, last November was marked by a significant net inflow of fundsforeign investors in the American financial markets, which became the highest since October 2018. And this despite the fact that noticeable outflows were recorded in the previous two months ...

Foreigners were actively purchased by agent papers($ 28.3 billion), corporate bonds ($ 10 billion), stocks ($ 10.5 billion). At the same time, they sold “treasury” for an impressive $ 41.5 billion - this is the maximum volume since December 2018.

In November, both leading US lenders disposed offrom US government bonds. The volume of “treasury” on the balance of Japan decreased by $ 7.2 trillion to $ 1.16 trillion, on the balance of China - by $ 12.4 billion to $ 1.09 trillion. At the same time, Japan has strengthened its leadership in relation to the Celestial Empire in terms of investments in the US public debt.

It should be recalled that just in Novemberthe Chinese authorities strongly criticized the Americans for interfering in the internal affairs of China - then the US president was preparing to sign a bill in support of protesters in Hong Kong ...

Meanwhile, the main buyers of Treasury in November were Singapore ($ 11.8 billion) and Ireland ($ 3.4 billion).

Note also that foreign officialfinancial institutions (central banks that manage reserves, sovereign wealth funds, etc.) have been "dumping" US state bonds for the past 15 months in a row ...