In June, Russia increased investments in US state paper for 200 million dollars. According to the US Ministry of Finance, the cumulative volume reached $ 4.006 billion, of which 305 million are long-term investments, and 3,701 billion – short-term.
Moscow is not among the largest holders of the American public debt, the peak of investments fell in October 2010. Then it was about 176.3 billion dollars.
But in April 2018, against the background of waiting for more stringent sanctions, the Russian authorities began to sharply sell paper. Already in May, the volume of the public debt was $ 14.9 billion, declining at three and a half times.
Japan (1,2773 trillion dollars), China (1,619 trillion) and the United Kingdom (452.9 billion) and United Kingdom (452.9 billion).
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Earlier it was reported that in May Russia reduced the investments in the US public debt by $ 152 million. The total volume of non-resident investments rose to 7.202 trillion.
Meanwhile, in August, the US Ministry of Finance has reached the Congress of the Ceiling Congress, after which the head of the department, Janet Yellen, called him again to raise it.