On foreign asset ownership.

• Author: Rees, Matthew
• Position: Globalization - Brief article

"Foreign investors already own significant shares of some asset classes. They have $2,800 billion of direct investment in the United States as well as large holdings of liquid securities. They own 43.9 percent of the Treasury debt market ($2,600 billion), 33.6 percent of the corporate debt market ($2,070 billion), 17 percent of the equity market ($2,600 billion), and 17.7 percent of the market for agency debt ($1,130 billion). These ratios mean that there is $30,000 billion of liquid securities still available for foreign investors to purchase."

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