The largest owner of U.S. debt, China sold $18 billion of U.S. Treasury debt in December.
And it’s not alone. Japan sold even more: $22 billion. In the past year, Mexico, Turkey and Belgium have also lowered their holdings of U.S. debt, all of which have led to a record annual dump by central banks.
Many countries are suffering from the global economic slowdown, forcing central banks to pull out all the stops to help buttress their economies.
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Source: CNN ( 17 February 2016)