The Chinese are net buyers of T-bills again, but what choice do they have WRT euro?
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 12:04AM
Thomas P.M. Barnett in China, Citation Post, finance

WSJ story.

For the first time in six months, China is back to being a net buyer of USG debt, "boosting its position as the top foreign holder."

China soldoff a bunch of T-bills near the end of 2009, spooking a lot of American observers.  For a while, it seemed like Japan was back to being #1 by default, but a revision of the data ended that notion.

Because of Greece and the EU's woes, everybody seems to find US T-bills once again the most attractive option--especially among the Europeans themselves.  While an imprecise measure, this suggest that America's prospects for floating future debt are improved.

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