{"id":451080,"date":"2026-05-20T11:34:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/451080\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T11:34:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:34:20","slug":"foreign-governments-dump-us-treasurys-amid-iran-volatility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/451080\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign governments dump US Treasurys amid Iran volatility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Foreign governments are dumping US Treasury bonds to stabilize their currencies amid the energy shock and financial volatility triggered by the Iran war.  <\/p>\n<p>Data showed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3354069\/world-retreats-us-treasuries-will-sell-deepen?module=top_story&amp;pgtype=homepage\" class=\"_linkEmbed_10lxo_29\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">seven of the top 10 foreign holders<\/a> of US government debt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/05\/19\/central-banks-offload-us-treasuries-china-holdings-at-18-year-low.html?utm_source=semafor\" class=\"_linkEmbed_10lxo_29\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">trimmed their holdings <\/a>of US Treasurys in March: Japan, to protect its currency, and China in response to short-term volatility, though Beijing has been steadily reducing its exposure to US dollar assets for years. Saudi Arabia and the UAE also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/05\/19\/2026\/saudi-arabia-uae-trim-us-debt-holdings-by-nearly-17-billion\" class=\"_linkEmbed_10lxo_29\" rel=\"no-referrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shed their holdings<\/a> as the war has stopped the oil-for-dollars trade. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cUS Treasury yields are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/newsletter\/05\/19\/2026\/prediction-markets-have-an-insider-trading-problem?utm_source=nowshare&amp;utm_medium=business&amp;utm_campaign=flagshipnumbered1#c\" class=\"_linkEmbed_10lxo_29\" rel=\"no-referrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">flirting with levels last seen in 2007<\/a>,\u201d Semafor\u2019s Liz Hoffman wrote, owing to a global bond selloff driven by fears of inflation and sustained high oil prices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Foreign governments are dumping US Treasury bonds to stabilize their currencies amid the energy shock and financial volatility&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[114,184,85,46],"class_list":["post-451080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}