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China boosts purchases of US Treasuries in July
Published Tue, Sep 19, 2017 · 09:50 PM
New York
CHINA ramped up purchases of US Treasuries for a sixth straight month in July, data from the Treasury Department showed on Monday, as the Chinese government saw less need to sell its US holdings because of a steadily improving Chinese currency.
For most of 2016, China had to sell its holdings of US government debt to support its depreciating currency as the government grappled with capital outflows.
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