Foreign c.banks US Treasury holdings up in week-Fed
NEW YORK, June 18 (Reuters) - Foreign central banks' holdings of U.S. debt at the Federal Reserve rose in the latest week on the back of a jump in Treasuries on their accounts, data from the U.S. central bank showed on Thursday.
The combined holdings of Treasuries and agency securities by foreign central banks at the Fed rose $6.394 billion to total $2.752 trillion in the week ended June 17.
Treasuries held by overseas central banks at the Fed jumped $10.648 billion to $1.946 trillion.
However, holdings of securities issued or guaranteed by the two biggest U.S. mortgage financing sources, Fannie Mae (FNM.P) and Freddie Mac (FRE.P), fell $4.254 billion to $806.8 billion in the latest week.
Overseas central banks, particularly in Asia, have been huge buyers of U.S. debt in recent years and own more than a quarter of marketable Treasuries. China recently overtook Japan as the biggest such buyer.
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(Reporting by Burton Frierson, Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
