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Investors lend out Treasuries overnight in the so-called repo market, and get the bonds and a small interest payment back the next day.

There are also widespread lottery programmes, to which state treasuries have grown just as addicted as working-class punters.

The flight to the safe haven of U. S. Treasuries will assure lower yields and cheaper borrowing rates and a stronger U. S. Dollar, she said.

People generally do not fall in love with government bonds, and Treasuries have no other use to compensate for a fall in value.

However, if it were to sell dollar-denominated treasuries, several bad things would happen.

"A few more results like that" in sales of long-dated Treasuries "should not bode well for the dollar, " he said.

Coard said he had not expected the two-year yield to dip much below 0. 50 percent but that Treasuries at current levels seemed overbought.

On the face of it, a gloomy outlook argues for Treasuries.

The bank explained it was buying Treasuries as an indirect way of lowering private borrowing rates.

Buying Treasuries, bunds or gilts provides a bit of insurance against this risk.

One consideration is the current extraordinary steepness of the yield curve, which serves as a sort of anchor for longer-dated Treasuries.

"The figures definitely suggest that worries about China diversifying away from Treasuries are overblown, " he said.

Yet if China has few options but to keep buying US Treasuries, it can still try to turn its investments into some sort of leverage.

The answer is just less than a third, since various agencies like the Social Security Trust Fund are major holders of U. S. Treasuries.

The bubble in Treasuries looks ready to pop, sending prices on government debt sharply lower.

A greater supply of Treasuries could improve lending in the repo market over the next few days, said traders.

That began after the Fed announced in September that it would buy long-dated Treasuries in a move known as Operation Twist.

A bearish stance toward Treasuries and a bullish one toward the rest of the bond market represents the consensus view.

If the Asian central banks mop up the hot money and buy US treasuries with it, it depresses the US bond yield and boosts the US economy.

It can have short-term effects, but if it is buying Treasuries by creating money, they are going to be the only buyer.

It takes more than economic might for a country to establish its currency in marketplaces and treasuries around the globe.

The US central bank had discussed the possibility of buying Treasuries before, but had appeared to back away from the idea in recent weeks.

As corporate earnings improve, equities will gain late this year and next and Treasuries will sell off, he said.

On Sunday, South Korea and Japan said they had not changed their view on US Treasuries following the S& P move.

In terms of underlying servicing capacity, US Treasuries surely remain among the safest obligations in the world.

Since the 80s, Ormerod says, rightwing economists "have taken over in treasuries and central banks all over the world" .

No doubt, the preference of Asian central banks for US Treasuries has helped push down real interest rates.

But treasuries are short of money, and may never be able to protect large countries like Italy.

If Treasuries lose their credibility, US leaders may no longer be able to take this privilege for granted.

It may take such a grim scenario to support Treasuries, given their lofty prices and super-low yields.

During 2007 it bought government-agency debt, ie, that of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, rather than Treasuries.

Buying of longer maturity Treasuries as dealers repositioned after new corporate bond deals priced helped boost the long bond, traders said.

This effect may persist for some months, just as the dollar and Treasuries rallied in the depths of the banking panic in late 2008.

Russia had last week raised the idea of moving some of its reserves out of US Treasuries.

The IMF cannot afford to be seen as a European monetary fund guaranteed by the treasuries of non-European nations.

Demand for Treasuries naturally tends to rise in times of recession.

So few are the options that even a ratings downgrade of American government debt in August spurred buying of the derided Treasuries.

I'm inclined to think a Chinese sell-off of U. S. Treasuries would on balance benefit the United States.

If investors were able to substitute Treasuries with comparable bonds from other countries the effect should have ended there.

Bernanke is likely to buy tranches of Treasuries quarterly, spread out over a year.

When panic set in last week, investors sold indiscriminately, pulling out of risk assets and moving into safe havens, mainly US Treasuries.

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Japanese officials, meanwhile, on Tuesday issued a vote of confidence in US debt and said Tokyo would keep buying Treasuries.

But the argument that these projects would make better use of China's reserves than simply purchasing U. S. Treasuries misses the point.

Without the "risk-free" benchmark of Treasuries, even ultracautious bond investors would have to get used to credit risk.

To put it most simply, record central bank purchases of Treasuries reflected record central bank reserve growth.

The prospects of increased government bond issuance are likely to weigh on Treasuries' prices over the longer term, analysts warn.

The governments at various levels shall strengthen the management of and supervision over the treasuries at the corresponding levels.

What are corporations going to do with the billions of dollars in their treasuries when their management gets frightened?

If investors flee the money markets for Treasuries, banks will lose funding and the contagion will suck in hedge funds and companies.

Were the US to start running trade surpluses with China, then China certainly would be an outright seller of treasuries or US$ reserves.

Given that Japan is the world's second biggest owner of Treasuries, Mr Yosano may have been talking his own book.

Treasuries extended gains on Tuesday afternoon following robust demand in an auction of $44 billion of two-year notes.

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On the fiscal side, energy subsidies are straining treasuries, as Asia's oil production has fallen to one-third of its imports.

THE BIGGEST INVESTMENT BUBBLE TODAY may involve one of the safest asset classes: U. S. Treasuries.

Domestic banks would not have to classify their sizeable holdings of Treasuries as non-performing if they thought the default short-lived.

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S. treasuries. While its spread across Asia presages a wider role, the renminbis strength against the dollar and yen are far from assured.

"Long-term out, I won't be long Treasuries here, " he said.

China holds more than $400 billion of U. S. Treasury debt, but this represents less than one day's normal market trading in Treasuries.

Relatively speaking, the big change in 2008 was the emergence of non-Chinese demand for Treasuries.

During the latest dollar rally, note that Russia and China have been reducing holdings of US Treasuries.

Since that rally, Treasuries prices have slipped a bit as some investors took profits.

Never mind that China's appetite for Treasuries helps prevent an interest-rate accident in an overly-levered US economy.

Bernanke volunteered to buy more Treasuries and [Barack] Obama decided to help him out by supplying a lot more of them.

China's massive interventions to stop renminbi appreciation will mean purchasing yet more treasuries too.

Asian investors (and others spooked by the eurozone's woes) have been raising their purchases of treasuries.

That peg forced China to take in huge quantities of dollars and then invest them in dollar-denominated securities, principally Treasuries.

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China's excess saving is currently funnelled through the central bank into (overpriced) American Treasuries and similar bonds.

Japan was the second-largest foreign holder of American government debt, with $882 billion in Treasuries.

Several prominent newspapers have featured articles that blame the current financial crisis on China's buying of the US treasuries .

China's purchases of US Treasuries will naturally slow down along with its export growth.

A corollary of the emergence of SWFs is less demand for the conservative allocation of dollars and short-dated Treasuries.

He suggests that we're poised for a collapse in the dollar and in dollar-denominated assets, including Treasuries.

Ownership of guaranteed Treasuries as a percentage of US total household assets posted historic lows at the end of 2008.

A major threat to all investors and traders is market manipulation by the central national banks and treasuries.

Investors scrambled into the havens of US and German government bonds with yields on Treasuries and Bunds dropping to seven-month lows.

The price bubble in longer-term Treasuries could deflate rapidly after most of the flight from safety is done on the short maturities.

Bondholders, who have been very forgiving of the printer of the world's chief reserve currency, greeted the tax deal by selling Treasuries.

In the 12 months that ended in April, China's buying of Treasuries with maturities of two years or more jumped by 46%.

Last month, Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda characterized U. S. Treasuries as attractive investment products.

Bernanke made it clear that buying Treasuries is the most likely and palatable course of action if the economy goes off track.

The US currency and Treasuries dominate the holdings of central bank reserves around the world.

For those seeking the safety of Treasuries, the best bet probably is TIPS, or Treasury Inflation Protected Securities.

However, it appears markets may have misinterpreted the Fed's decision to reinvest the proceeds of maturing mortgage bonds in Treasuries.

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Mr Booth believes buying local currency debt through a fund is "safer than treasuries and gold. "

Scared investors often rush into the big and liquid market for US Treasuries, despite anxieties about America's public finances.

"Do I wish I had more Treasuries? Yeah, that's pretty obvious, " Mr Gross told the Financial Times in August after he had resumed buying.

Indeed a month ago a prominent author and hedge fund manager suggested that "every single human being" should be short Treasuries.

With government encouragement, US consumers can funnel a river of new savings (and accumulated cash) into US Treasuries.

Mr Bernanke made no reference to the possibility of increasing Fed purchases of Treasuries to lean against the rise in yields.

China is amassing huge dollar surpluses and can only invest those trillions of dollars in a deep and liquid market such as U. S. Treasuries.

An intriguing third way would be to limit the amount of US Treasuries a country can own.

The tepid consumer data tempered stock market gains. U. S. Treasuries fell in the face of new supply.

It is, of course, a touchy subject: China limits the renminbi's gains by buying dollars, much of which find their way into US Treasuries.

For Treasuries, this means maintaining fiscal discipline rather than giving in to the temptation of tax rebates and fuel subsidies.

Simply put, reduced US spending on imports will no longer fuel record investments in Treasuries from abroad.

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News that foreign demand for Treasuries fell sharply in December and that Beijing was a big seller has fanned their concerns.

Those assets could be dollar reserves, treasuries, investments in US companies, US property, or US equities.

"If China would step back, let the dollar fall and stop buying Treasuries, the Fed would step in, " Gagnon said.

But, these CDS swings, Tozer adds, raise three questions: firstly, can we really consider Treasuries an appropriate "risk free" rate today?

During the summer he would start buying Treasuries again.

As early as March, cracks in the consensus that Treasuries were a poor investment became apparent.

Yields on short-term US treasuries hit their lowest level since the London Blitz.

For the past three years, China has tried to diversify its foreign exchange holdings away from U. S. Treasuries.

Nearly all the strategists expect stocks to outperform bonds, especially Treasuries.

Increased risk aversion prompted investors to return to the safety of liquid US Treasuries, averting a collapse of America's currency.

Didn't the West steal Chinese treasuries from the time of the Opium War to the start of Communism?

"The decline in equities is impacting Treasuries, " said Mary Ann Hurley, senior Treasuries trader in Seattle at brokerage D. A. Davidson.

Investors loading up on Treasuries seem willing to overlook that for now as most governments are struggling with deficits.

On Friday, Merrill Lynch's US high-yield benchmark spread over Treasuries fell back to where it started the year.

The legislators and treasuries ordinarily responsible for fiscal policy failed, so central banks had to step in.

Firming U. S. stocks drew some more flows away from safe haven Treasuries, especially longer maturities, he added.

The revised figures also show a large rise in foreign central-bank holdings of Treasuries at the expense of the private sector.

Individual investors, meanwhile, are seeking yield in dividend funds and certain bond funds that pay much higher than Treasuries.

If Japanese companies and investors retrench, selling some Treasuries and investing fewer yen overseas, the pain here could grow.

Beyond being an investment, US Treasuries are the bedrock of international debt markets.

The writer added that investors unable to sell their shares at Friday's closing price could swap them for US treasuries at $29. 70 a share.

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And when crisis hits, decision-making shifts to a tiny handful of people at treasuries and central banks who can spend or create money.

Too few substitutes for United States Treasuries are available to absorb China's huge foreign reserves.

On Thursday the Chicago Mercantile Exchange raised collateral haircuts for clearing Treasuries.

"With stocks weaker and ahead of a long weekend, Treasuries have caught a safe-haven bid, " he added.

Cash equivalents are very safe assets that can be readily converted into cash; U. S. Treasuries are one such example.

"Repo" markets became riskier as collateral shifted from Treasuries to poorer quality asset-backed securities.

China certainly helped its exporters by keeping the value of its currency low, buying dollars that were used to buy US Treasuries.

China shifted from buying Agencies to buying Treasuries in July. Others did too, but no one has quite the market impact of China.

For the 12 months through November, as the accompanying charts indicate, China reduced its holdings of Treasuries by more than $36 billion.

S. That would force foreigners to spend their dollars on American goods and services rather than adding to their piles of Treasuries.

The Chinese government is acutely interested in diversifying its foreign exchange reserves beyond United States Treasuries.

Besides, as evidenced by steel mills and high-speed trains, returns on some Chinese investments make yields on US Treasuries look rich.

A bill trader said his desk dumped all of their Treasuries maturing in August because "no one is sure what will happen" .

The only reason the dollar has not "fallen off a cliff" until now has been the willingness of central banks to buy US Treasuries.

China appeared to trim its holdings of US Treasuries by $32. 5bn in May and by $24bn in June, according to US government data.

It was in nobody's interests, least of all China's given its massive holdings of US Treasuries, to roil the waters in that way.

However, it would likely be impossible for China to sell a major chunk of its Treasuries and find a new vehicle for storing its dollars.

They say when the data are revised at the end of the second quarter, China's continuing purchases of US Treasuries will be evident.

Eaton Vance's Stein said U. S. banks could also be pressured, or even forced, to buy more treasuries as part of their capital cushions.

Banks borrowed from the Federal Reserve at 3 per cent, and bought longer-dated Treasuries that yielded twice as much.

Fears of further write-downs at the large banks also loomed as earnings season got under way, supporting Treasuries.

Some Fed officials have said they want an eventual return to holding U. S. Treasuries as the primary asset.

China and other nations do not pay tax on the interest they earn on US Treasuries.

If investors dump Treasuries, where would the money go?

For now, investors' fear of financial institutions failing is intensifying the near-term demand for Treasuries.

Market players said how Treasuries fare may be key to the JGB market's performance going forward.

The surprise circumstance in 2011 may be lower rates as US Treasuries and fixed income securities rally in the midst of growing uncertainty.

Their buying would send a signal to the private sector that Treasuries are underpinned by their biggest owners.

Recent selling pressure does have other causes too: it makes sense thanks to the relatively low yields on Treasuries.

Treasuries are now in the hands of speculators looking to sell, not investors looking to hold.

Worries over Greece and its economic toll on Europe have spurred bids for Treasuries, Bunds and other low-risk assets.

Indeed, Japan has overtaken China as the largest buyer of US Treasuries in recent months.

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They provide much better yields than ordinary Treasuries unless inflation disappears.

Lower demand for treasuries could put upward pressure on global interest rates and thereby damp market sentiment.

Some see good signs in the mad dash into Treasuries: American mortgage rates will drift lower, supporting the housing market.

Finally, Treasuries are a reflexive choice in a crisis.

In five of the past six years, China's biggest buys of U. S. Treasuries have come in June.

The US central bank also widened the pool of assets that can be swapped for Treasuries through its securities lending programme.

Dollars are the world's primary reserve currency, and Treasuries are the world's preferred "risk-free" asset.

It can impose sanctions on goods imported from the U. S. , and can be flexible in how it handles U. S. treasuries.

It is now the largest holder of US Treasuries, beating out Japan in September.

Two-year Treasuries are yielding a full percentage point less than the Fed funds rate.

U. S. Treasuries sold off in Asia, but only after yields hit record lows overnight in the wake of the Fed's actions.

Strategists already cite steady Treasuries buying in recent months as the benchmark yield rose within sight of 4 percent.

Weaker US equity markets provided a boost to Treasuries, another haven from geopolitical concerns.

For now, though, owning the Treasuries others want makes many emerging market countries appealing.

Prices of US Treasuries rose slightly on Tuesday, retracing losses, as the Federal Reserve bought almost $6. 7bn of intermediate-dated debt.

This time around, China's central bank will surely be appreciated by not selling off US Treasuries and agency bonds.

As investors rush to the safety of Treasuries, yields drop and prices jump, resulting in higher total returns.

Or go for a money-market mutual fund that stashes all its assets in Treasuries.

The market also has been supported by comments from the Federal Reserve that it, too, may buy long-term Treasuries.

"We have been underweight U. S. Treasuries and have virtually no Japanese government bonds, " Holt said.

Buffett reportedly said that Berkshire holds more than $40 billion of its cash in short term Treasuries.

The price of US Treasuries, the classic "risk-free" asset of financial theory, also rose on Tuesday.

The liability is already implicit (as at Northern Rock), and, unlike Treasuries, it is ultimately backed by housing as collateral.

Money-market funds have recently been busy swapping Treasuries, especially one-month bills, for cash.

Unless something changes, that implies fewer central bank purchases of Treasuries over time.

Relative valuations increasingly favor Treasuries over high yield debt.

Investors rushed into havens, including US Treasuries and German government bonds.

The Federal Reserve is about to end its $600bn of purchases of Treasuries, designed to bring down long-term interest rates.

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Buying more Treasuries would impact yields, while moving into corporate bonds would ratchet up risk.

The Fed announced last week that it would buy $1. 15 trillion of treasuries, commercial papers and mortgage papers.

Ironically and irrationally, Treasuries are still considered a haven when the US government troubles the waters.

The appeal of Treasuries in part is their great liquidity, meaning it's easy for investors to instantly buy or sell bonds.

U. S. Treasuries are still triple-A in that there is no question that we will repay the interest and the principal.

Whenever investors seek shelter, even from an American slowdown, they choose Treasuries, and thus the dollar.

The prospect that China might respond by selling some these assets off triggered a drop in the value of long-term US treasuries yesterday.

Bond investors, meanwhile, have piled into Treasuries and fled speculative debt.

For instance, an investment in U. S. Treasuries carries lower risk (we hope) than an unsecured credit card line.

Revised data showed that China held $1. 16 trillion in American Treasuries at the end of 2010, around 30% more than had been thought.

A pension or sovereign-wealth fund would earn a premium and in return deposit, say, $10 billion of treasuries in a lockbox.

Its foes retort that continued stimulus could scare investors into dumping US Treasuries.

Much of this has been invested in US Treasuries, keeping a lid on US bond yields.

The Treasury Department estimated that China reduced its holdings of Treasuries by nearly $11 billion in November alone.

Treasuries are currently zero risk weighted for bank capital adequacy purposes.

That could force it to continue buying Treasuries with the extra dollars.

Treasuries climbed for a third day and the yield on the U. S. 10-year note fell seven basis points to 3. 72 percent.

The market for American Treasuries rallied, with the yields on ten-year bonds falling to their lowest level in decades.

Each round of purchases has grown since this buying program began in August. To date, the Fed has purchased $44 billion of Treasuries.

The world's fifth-largest pension fund will no longer buy US Treasuries because yields are too low.

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Stock market losses after two days of solid gains helped fuel the demand for U. S. Treasuries, analysts said.

If the trend continues, the Fed could attempt to buy up more Treasuries to push down long-term rates.

Yet, even against that gloomy backdrop, Treasuries still found willing buyers.

They now have combined reserves of $2. 8 trillion and are among the largest holders of Treasuries.

The "hot money" leaving China might still buy American Treasuries , or it could buy something else.

Buying 30-year "stripped" Treasuries has generated total returns of about 17 per cent so far this year.

Because of Treasuries' status as a safe haven, the US government has benefited from capital inflows during moments of geopolitical stress.

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In recent years, China has shifted from an almost complete focus on US Treasuries to mortgage-backed securities.

In the case of low yielding Treasuries the Gresham's corollary at first blush seems illogical.

China could have started to dump US Treasuries, says David Powell, currency analyst at IDEAglobal.

Treasuries advanced, and the dollar trimmed losses against the euro.

Foreign investors now own about $3, 000bn of US Treasuries, or more than half of the amount publicly available.

A suspension of new sales of bonds could constrict supply of Treasuries, pushing yields down instead of up.

Swaps spreads rose sharply in UK gilts and US Treasuries, amid a flight to quality and fear of bank defaults.

Until this year, munis almost always yielded less than Treasuries because of their tax benefits.

While risk assets rebounded in October, foreign demand for Treasuries is seen holding up.

But this week's activity in the treasuries market suggests that investors are getting jittery.

"The revisions show that China is buying Treasuries through UK money managers. "

Caribbean Banking Centres, a proxy for hedge funds, increased their holdings of Treasuries to $156bn in December, up from $139bn in October.

As such, Beijing's complaints about U. S. Treasuries and the role of the dollar ring hollow.

Then they obtained some funds from surpluses in government treasuries.

Other investors increased their holdings of marketable Treasuries by $1310 billion.

This has all been in preparation for a move out of US Treasuries with the goal of producing higher returns.

Many money managers are underweight US Treasuries in favour of corporate bonds.

Treasuries may have also received a boost from market positioning.

China owns $653 billion of Treasuries, and indications are that it's losing its appetite for U.

Another advantage of Treasuries is that interest payments are exempt from local and state taxes (however, not from Federal income taxes).

Yields on Treasuries have not risen and spreads on riskier dollar assets continue to shrink.

China already prevents foreigners from buying its bonds, so what is wrong with preventing China from buying US Treasuries?

This uncertainty is reflected in the spread of corporate bond yields over US treasuries.

No surprise, really, that 10-year Treasuries, downgraded though they now are, have seen yields dip below 2 percent in a rush for safety.

China accounts for 23 per cent of all foreign holdings of US Treasuries and is the largest single investor.

Yields on 10-year US Treasuries are below 2 per cent, the lowest recorded since the Federal Reserve began publishing market data in 1953.

And China's huge holdings of Treasuries give it an incentive to diversify into other markets.

Why does money keep flooding into the short-term Treasuries market, or T-bills?

The US central bank has become the largest single holder of Treasuries, with $1, 160bn, as it continues buying securities.

The country invests in U. S. Treasuries, sovereign debt sold by European Union countries and other international bonds.

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Money is being withdrawn from the periphery and reinvested in US Treasuries, German bunds, and even British gilts.

Through the first half of 2011, stocks, corporate bonds and treasuries muddled upward together.

For the most part, the country's foreign exchange reserves are invested in US Treasuries.

Gains scored on Wall Street after Tuesday's sell-off also weighed on Treasuries prices.