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Furthermore, the U.S. could retaliate by revoking the tax exemption of interest on foreign-held Treasury debt, established in 1984 by Treasury Secretary Donald Regan.
Ian Fletcher: Don't Fear a Trade War With China Ian Fletcher 2010
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Why does Greenspan raise Interest rates in the middle of a Downturn -- not to fight Inflation, but to forestall massive release of foreign-held Treasuries.
Are Workers Getting Good Jobs?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Phrasing it as Nugent and Mosler do ( "U.S. consumers fund the desires of foreigners to save") fails to convey that our assets are going down while foreign-held assets are going up.
Economists, Bridge, and National Savings, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Furthermore, the U.S. could retaliate by revoking the tax exemption of interest on foreign-held Treasury debt, established in 1984 by Treasury Secretary Donald Regan.
Ian Fletcher: Don't Fear a Trade War With China Ian Fletcher 2010
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But will electoral success bring us smaller government, freedom from foreign-held debt or new jobs for Americans?
Stanley Kutler: THE TEA PARTY: DUPED SERVANTS OF POWER Stanley Kutler 2010
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As the world's biggest bond market, the US is supported by China, which owns up to one third of foreign-held treasuries, although economists at Capital Economics believe China would keep buying treasury bonds even if they were downgraded.
US debt crisis: Capitol Hill ready to strike deal - but at what cost? 2011
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China is the largest foreign buyer of US government debt – accounting for around third of all foreign-held US securities – despite the fact it has gradually reduced its holdings since the S&P downgrade and has also lost heavily on its large holdings of US currency.
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Large cash balances remain on U.S. corporate books because U.S. companies can't spend their foreign-held cash in the U.S. without incurring a prohibitive tax liability.
The Overseas Profits Elephant in the Room John Chambers And Safra Catz 2010
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China now holds around a quarter of all foreign-held U.S. Treasurys.
Switzerland Weighs A Cap on Franc Anita Greil 2011
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Unlike in the past, this foreign-held debt isn't denominated in dollars or other "hard currencies" such as yen or euros.
Emerging-Market Bonds Attract Foreigners Alex Frangos 2010
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