Japan regained its status of the largest U.S. lender

Japan in December 2009 once again became the largest holder of U.S. government debt, said in a press release, the U.S. Treasury. The Japanese increased their investment in U.S. bonds to 768,8 billion dollars. China, which last year and a half was the largest creditor of the United States sharply reduced its investments – from 789.6 to 755.4 billion dollars.
Third place in the list of the largest holders of U.S. bonds is the United Kingdom, increased investment from 277,7 to 302,5 billion dollars. Russia in December, owned by U.S. obligations to 118.5 billion dollars, 10 billion less than in November. According to this indicator Russia is in eighth place in the world (please note that the leading countries to oil exporters and the Caribbean banking centers are grouped into two separate categories).

China is reducing its investments in American bonds during the six months. In May they reached a record level – 801.5 billion dollars, and then began to decline. Official Beijing has repeatedly expressed its dissatisfaction with the volatility of the dollar and the growth of budget deficits, which jeopardize the enormous investment of China in U.S. securities.

February 11, the Hong Kong edition of the Asia Times reported, citing its sources, that Beijing has ordered the withdrawal of reserves from its reserves of U.S. assets. These assets, however, does not include any treasury bonds, or securities of public mortgage agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Due to the issuance of U.S. Treasury bonds finance its public debt, which is the largest in the world. In February 2010 it stood at 12.4 trillion dollars, over the past two years it increased by more than one-third.