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To: Lucretius who wrote (319916)4/4/2006 9:55:01 AM
From: MythMan  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436258
 
certainly a buy signal on gold.



To: Lucretius who wrote (319916)4/4/2006 11:00:44 AM
From: Box-By-The-Riviera™  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 436258
 
eeney meeney miney moe

who's gonna step on the president's toe????

FACTBOX-Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury securities

April 04, 2006 09:18:43 (ET)

April 4 (Reuters) - A call by a senior Chinese official for China to trim its holdings of U.S. debt rattled markets on Tuesday.

Here is a list of the top 10 foreign holders of U.S. Treasury securities, which totalled $2,187.6 billion at the end of January 2006: Country Holdings

(In billions of U.S. dollars)

Japan 668.3

China 262.6

Britain* 244.8

Caribbean Banking Centres** 97.9

OPEC 77.6

Taiwan 71.6

Korea 68.3

Germany 65.2

Canada 54.9

Hong Kong 48.3

* Includes Channel Islands and Isle of Man.

** Include Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Netherlands Antilles and Panama.

Source: U.S. Treasury Department (www.treas.gov)