dondon

The Treasury's flooded the market with record amounts of debt in 2009. Lucky thing that U.S. households have been soaking it up, doubling Treasury holdings in the first half, in a search for safety. With $606B, households hold more than the world's major oil exporters, Caribbean banking centers and Brazil combined - and only China and Japan hold more among major foreign debtholders.

And how much debt has the Fed purchased?