Reuters: Economic News: Foreign central banks' U.S. debt holdings rise: Fed

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Foreign central banks' U.S. debt holdings rise: Fed Mar 29th 2012, 20:41 NEW YORK | Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:41pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Foreign central banks' overall holdings of U.S. marketable securities at the Federal Reserve rose in the latest week, data from the U.S. central bank showed on Thursday. The Fed said its holdings of U.S. securities kept for overseas central banks rose $5.59 billion in the week ended March 28, to stand at $3 .475 trillion. The breakdown of custody holdings showed overseas central banks' holdings of Treasury debt rose b y $ 7.425 billion t o stand at $2 .741 trillion. Foreign institutions' holdings of securities issued or guaranteed by the biggest U.S. mortgage financing agencies, including Fannie Mae (FNMA.OB) and Freddie Mac (FMCC.OB), fell by $1. 835 billion to stand at $73 3.9 billion. <^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Federal Reserve balance sheet: link.reuters.com/cub62s ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^> Overseas central banks, particularly those in Asia, have been huge buyers of U.S. debt in recent years and own more than a quarter of marketable Treasuries. China and Japan are the biggest two foreign holders of Treasuries. The full Fed report can be found on: here (Reporting By Daniel Bases; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama) Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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