The position approached a 14 year low. In May, US bonds were sold by the top three creditors: China reduced $22.2 billion China | creditors | treasury bond bonds | Ministry of Finance | position | size | securities | US
On July 18th local time, data released by the US Treasury Department showed that the holdings of the top three overseas creditors of US Treasury bonds in May all decreased.
The report on international capital flows in May of the US Treasury Department showed that Japan reduced its holdings of US treasury bond bonds by US $30.4 billion in May, the first reduction in three months, and its holdings fell to US $1096.8 billion, still the largest creditor of the US.
In May, China reduced its holdings of US treasury bond by US $22.2 billion to US $846.7 billion, the second month in a row. The size of its holdings was only second to the low of US $801.5 billion set in May 2009. As the second largest overseas creditor of US treasury bond bonds, China reduced its holdings of US treasury bond for seven consecutive months from August last year to February this year. Since April last year, China's US Treasury holdings have been below $1 trillion. In March of this year, China increased its holdings of US bonds by $20.3 billion, and subsequently reduced its holdings by $400 million in April.
The UK reduced its holdings of US treasury bond bonds by US $14.1 billion to US $666.6 billion, ranking third.
Meanwhile, a report from the US Treasury Department shows that the total net outflow of long-term and short-term US securities and bank cash flows from overseas in May was $167.6 billion, reversing the net inflow of $48.4 billion in April. Among them, the net outflow of overseas private funds was 168.2 billion US dollars, and the net inflow of overseas official funds was 600 million US dollars.
Meanwhile, the net inflow of funds into long-term securities in the United States in May was $59.7 billion, lower than the $97.6 billion in April. Among them, overseas private investors bought a net of $18 billion in securities, and overseas official institutions bought a net of $41.7 billion. After some adjustments, including US stocks purchased through stock swaps by overseas investment portfolios, the overall net purchase of US long-term securities by overseas investors in May was $17.5 billion, lower than the $127.8 billion in April.