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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (10792)	11/13/2007 1:00:06 PM
From: goldworldnet	Respond to of 25737

The central bank in Beijing already holds currency reserves of $1.4 trillion. The collapse of the US dollar would be the perfect time to launch the Amero and don't think nobody has thought of it. * * *

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (10792)	11/14/2007 10:48:24 AM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25737

MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES (in billions of dollars) HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD treas.gov Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Country 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Japan 585.6 610.4 612.7 614.8 614.4 611.2 616.2 627.0 622.7 615.8 618.1 618.1 623.5 China, Mainland 400.2 409.0 406.3 408.6 415.3 421.1 417.1 402.1 398.0 394.1 392.2 389.7 386.5 United Kingdom 2/ 244.0 210.6 193.2 170.6 136.5 148.9 122.7 105.1 93.7 76.0 61.6 61.6 54.6 Oil Exporters 3/ 123.3 123.3 121.8 120.9 111.7 112.3 110.3 111.4 110.0 106.4 107.2 113.7 116.6 Brazil 106.7 104.7 93.7 81.6 79.7 69.7 60.7 53.7 52.1 51.0 46.4 44.9 43.1 Carib Bnkng Ctrs 4/ 76.3 43.2 50.7 54.7 83.1 87.4 73.0 75.2 79.8 94.0 72.7 69.5 79.6 Luxembourg 63.9 64.3 62.7 62.3 61.9 61.9 59.9 59.5 60.1 60.5 59.5 58.7 58.4 Hong Kong 56.2 58.9 60.3 58.5 56.2 58.3 57.2 54.5 53.8 51.0 50.6 49.7 50.7 Taiwan 52.2 57.3 57.3 57.2 59.1 58.0 57.3 59.1 59.3 59.4 60.8 61.3 61.9 Korea 48.9 50.7 50.0 52.1 54.1 57.9 56.9 62.3 66.7 64.5 65.7 65.7 63.4 Germany 44.8 44.0 48.2 51.4 49.7 47.5 47.8 49.8 45.9 45.5 46.1 46.3 44.7 Singapore 34.9 33.4 33.1 34.4 32.2 28.8 31.3 29.9 31.3 30.9 31.1 34.0 34.7 Mexico 32.9 37.6 36.6 35.5 35.5 35.3 35.0 36.6 34.9 38.6 40.5 40.4 40.3 Switzerland 31.3 31.1 32.1 31.8 32.2 32.8 32.7 33.7 34.3 35.6 36.9 37.0 38.1 Turkey 27.6 26.9 27.1 27.0 26.2 27.6 25.4 25.0 23.0 23.4 22.3 23.6 24.0 Canada 24.9 29.2 30.5 33.6 29.8 31.5 30.1 28.3 26.9 27.2 28.9 28.8 28.3 Netherlands 21.2 20.3 21.2 19.9 21.3 21.4 21.5 20.1 20.7 20.5 20.0 18.1 16.7 Thailand 20.1 19.7 17.8 18.7 16.8 17.8 16.8 16.6 16.9 16.1 15.7 15.9 16.1 France 16.8 21.3 20.9 20.9 19.8 20.8 23.1 27.9 26.4 30.4 26.7 17.6 23.6 Sweden 16.5 16.3 15.9 15.7 15.1 15.2 15.2 14.3 12.3 11.9 12.0 12.9 13.5 Russia 13.1 17.1 14.7 11.8 7.7 7.4 8.1 8.5 7.0 7.0 7.5 6.4 6.6 Poland 13.0 13.7 12.9 11.8 12.2 12.2 12.7 12.5 13.9 13.9 14.1 12.8 13.4 Ireland 12.9 11.7 11.9 12.0 8.5 11.7 12.5 12.2 11.5 14.8 15.7 14.6 15.1 Italy 12.7 13.4 13.4 13.3 13.2 13.9 13.4 13.5 13.2 16.0 13.8 13.6 14.2 Israel 11.6 11.3 12.4 13.8 13.8 14.1 13.4 12.5 12.3 11.7 11.3 9.2 6.2 Belgium 11.3 12.1 11.9 12.1 12.9 12.3 13.0 12.3 13.6 13.0 13.3 13.8 14.5 India 10.9 12.9 12.8 15.3 20.0 20.1 19.5 15.8 14.6 13.9 12.0 11.2 13.5 All Other 117.5 108.5 121.2 136.4 139.3 149.3 152.4 152.5 159.8 161.9 151.8 136.1 136.2 Grand Total 2231.2 2212.7 2203.4 2196.7 2178.5 2206.5 2155.0 2132.1 2114.7 2105.0 2054.7 2025.2 2037.8 Of which: For. Official 1427.6 1453.4 1445.1 1450.4 1460.4 1468.0 1453.5 1450.9 1451.2 1452.9 1443.6 1426.0 1429.0 Treasury Bills 179.8 176.0 160.7 172.5 178.0 194.9 181.8 181.4 176.8 186.2 178.5 179.4 190.0 T-Bonds & Notes 1247.7 1277.4 1284.3 1277.9 1282.5 1273.1 1271.7 1269.5 1274.4 1266.7 1265.1 1246.6 1239.0 * * *