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World avoids US private debt

By John Schroy, on October 23rd, 2009 | Leave a comment
Fed Flow of Funds Table F.107, US$ billions (annual flows) to Q2 2009

The flight to safer investments, which started with the Crash of 2008, has accelerated as the consequences of economic policies of the Obama administration have become evident.

There has been a net swing away from certain classes of private debt on the order of USD 1.5 trillion, between 2006 and Q2 2009. This money has gone into US Treasury securities, driving rates to almost zero.

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