Russia increased investments in US treasuries to over 108.7 billion. This is the highest figure since October 2014.
The volume of Russian investments in the public debt of the United States in may 2017 has reached 108,7 billion dollars, follows from materials of the Ministry of Finance of the United States. The last time this level of Russian investment in US treasuries was 2.5 years ago (in October 2014, they totaled 108.9 billion).
Formally, the growth of Russian investments
is fixed for the fifth month in a row, but a marked increase began in March 2017 to 99.8 billion, in April — to 104,9 billion.
In the list of the largest creditors of the USA and Russia in may moved up from 14th to 13th place, ahead of Singapore. The largest holders of us bonds are Japan ($1,11 trillion) and China ($1.10 trillion). They are followed by Ireland, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Switzerland and the UK.
At the end of June, Reuters reported that the Federal reserve handed to the us authorities confidential information about the assets of foreign Central banks, including the Bank of Russia. In particular, Washington has learned from the fed about how Russia in March 2014 (immediately after the introduction of personal sanctions against Russian businessmen) temporarily withdrew from the US 115 billion dollars.
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