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Foreign demand for US financial assets falls
by MARTIN CRUTSINGER
Posted: 06.15.2009 at 10:07 AM
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreign demand for long-term U.S. financial assets fell in April as both China and Japan trimmed their holdings of Treasury securities.

The Treasury Department says that net purchases of stocks, notes and bonds obtained by foreigners fell to $11.2 billion in April, compared with $55.4 billion in March.

China, the largest holder of U.S. Treasury securities, trimmed their holdings to $763.5 billion in April, from $767.9 billion in March. Japan, the second largest holder of Treasury securities, reduced their holdings to $685.9 billion, from $686.7 billion a month earlier.

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