NEW YORK: US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan has issued his strongest warning yet about Asian central bank purchases of US assets, saying it could raise problems for the economies of China and Japan.
He said “extraordinary” Asian central bank buying of dollar assets had totalled almost US$240bil since the start of 2002, and described the size of Japan’s purchases as “awesome”.
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