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To: dvdw© who wrote (106085)	5/16/2014 9:45:53 AM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 220163

In the mean time another puzzle ... On May 16, 2014, at 6:10 PM, M wrote: And if you go back further, while Belgium currently holds $381.4 Billion in US Treasuries, they held only $15.2 Billion in US Treasuries as recently as December 2009. (they held $188.4 Billion in March 2013 and $180.3. Billion in October 2013). How / why did they go from $15.2 Billion in December 2009 to $138.8 in December 2012? Something's amiss, but I'm not sure exactly what it is.....ECB / Fed swap lines and requisite collateral? M On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 6:02 PM, M wrote: I'm not so sure it is the Fed.....or the Fed alone. From October to March using TIC data: treasury.gov Russia: -49.5 Billion -33.0% Belgium: +200.9 Billion +111.5% While the Fed might be part of it, given that Brussels is the Capital of the EU & European Parliament, it could be that the ECB has been desperate to keep the Euro from appreciating any more and has been selling Euros and buying USD and thus US Treasuries?