Where Are All the Foreign Buyers for U.S.
Treasurys?
https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/where-have-all-the-foreign-buyers-gone-for-u-s-treasury-debt-3db75625
Overseas private investors and central banks now own about 30% of all outstanding U.S. government debt—down from roughly 43% a decade ago.
Related:
Back to the future? The new interest rate normal might look a lot like the pre-crash era
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/4299865-back-to-the-future-the-new-interest-rate-normal-might-look-a-lot-like-the-pre-crash-era/
The Fed’s reduction of its balance sheet — referred to as “quantitative tightening” — has been another factor, as it means the bond market lost a major price-insensitive bond buyer. Other former marginal buyers of treasurys, such as foreign central banks and commercial banks, have also become net sellers of late. They have increasingly been replaced by hedge funds and other more price-sensitive buyers, which has contributed to heightened market volatility.
https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/where-have-all-the-foreign-buyers-gone-for-u-s-treasury-debt-3db75625
Overseas private investors and central banks now own about 30% of all outstanding U.S. government debt—down from roughly 43% a decade ago.
Related:
Back to the future? The new interest rate normal might look a lot like the pre-crash era
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/4299865-back-to-the-future-the-new-interest-rate-normal-might-look-a-lot-like-the-pre-crash-era/
The Fed’s reduction of its balance sheet — referred to as “quantitative tightening” — has been another factor, as it means the bond market lost a major price-insensitive bond buyer. Other former marginal buyers of treasurys, such as foreign central banks and commercial banks, have also become net sellers of late. They have increasingly been replaced by hedge funds and other more price-sensitive buyers, which has contributed to heightened market volatility.