史無前例!中國大規模拋售美國國債!

China's holdings of U.S. Treasuries fell in July to the lowest level in more than three years, as the world's second-largest economy pares its foreign-exchange reserves to support the yuan.

隨着世界第二大經濟體通過削減外匯儲備來支持人民幣，進入七月以來，中國持有的美國國債跌至3年多來的最低水平。

The biggest foreign holder of U.S. government debt had $1.22 trillion in bonds, notes and bills in July, down $22 billion from the prior month, in the biggest drop since 2013, according to U.S. Treasury Department data released last Friday and previous figures compiled by Bloomberg.

根據美國財政部在上週五發布的數據以及之前彭博社採集的數據顯示，作爲美國政府最大的外債國，中國在7月份持有1.22萬億美元的債券、票據和賬單，這一數字比上個月減持220億美元。這是自2013年以來的最大跌幅。

The portfolio of Japan, the largest holder after China, rose $6.9 billion to $1.15 trillion.

僅次於中國的日本，其投資總和增持69億美元至1.15萬億美元。

Saudi Arabia's holdings of Treasuries declined for a sixth straight month, to $96.5 billion.

沙特阿拉伯持有的美國國債已經連續下跌6個月，至965億美元。

The figures compare with official Chinese data showing that the nation's foreign-exchange reserves were little changed in July at $3.2 trillion, though they're down from a peak of close to $4 trillion in 2014. The reserves dropped $16 billion in August to the lowest level since 2011.

相比之下，中國官方數據顯示，中國的外匯儲備在7月爲3.2萬億，儘管比2014年的峯值4萬億美元有所下降，但相對變化較小。而8月份的外匯儲備下跌160億美元是2011年以來的最低水平。

The report, which also contains data on international capital flows, showed net foreign buying of long-term securities totaling $103.9 billion in July.

這份報告還包含了國際資本流動數據。該數據顯示，7月份長期國債海外淨購買量總計爲1039億美元。

It showed a total cross-border inflow, including short-term securities such as Treasury bills and stock swaps, of $140.6 billion.

而包括短期國債，如國庫券和股票的總跨境流入爲1406億美元。

Net foreign selling of U.S. Treasuries was $13.1 billion in July, while foreigners scooped up a net $26.1 billion in equities, $20.7 billion of corporate debt and $38.9 billion in agency debt, according to the report.

根據該報告顯示，今年7月份美國國債海外淨銷售量爲131億美元。而海外購買股票261億美元，企業債券207億美元，機構債券389億美元。