Treasury doubles debt buybacks as Bessent moves to steady bond market

The announcement targets the sensitive longer-duration part of the Treasury market.

The top 3

  1. Largest Foreign Holders of US Debt: Japan and China consistently rank as the two largest foreign holders of U.S. Treasury securities, followed by the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, and Canada.
  2. Top Domestic Institutional Holders: The Federal Reserve is the single largest holder of U.S. debt, followed by mutual funds and ETFs, the Social Security Trust Fund, commercial banks, and state and local governments.
  3. Intragovernmental Debt vs. Public Debt: About two-thirds of the U.S. federal debt is held by the public (individuals, corporations, foreign entities), while the remaining third is intragovernmental debt, owed by the Treasury to various government trust funds like Social Security.

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