Dumping of US treasuries imminent, starting with Korea, says Burnick
"Matt" on US M3, the money supply, inflation
California realtors report house prices collapsing (htp: Drudge Report, LA Times)
Skills shortgage hampering US job repatriation, says AT&T chief (htp: Drudge Report)
2008 US durable goods report: semiconductors down sharply since New Year (htp: Karl Denninger)
Brad Setser presentation (Sept 2006): "Chinese Financing of the United States"
"Naked Capitalism"blog: "China now buys a lot of US debt through London..."
In 2007, UK increased holding of US public debt by 224% to $300 bn, Japan reduced by $50 bn
Major sectors of US economy already in foreign hands
The UK "holding" of U.S. long term securities is an interesting issue. Brad Setser has shown that China does a lot of it's buying through the UK and that the UK number is continually revised downward with concomitant increases for China in subsequent reports.
ReplyDeleteInteresting, Matt - is that so as "not to frighten the horses"?
ReplyDelete"China now buys a lot of US debt through London..."
ReplyDeleteThe Americans in the 1857 panic showed London was the hub..