In September, Russia reduced its investments in US government securities to $31 million.

The volume of Russian investments in US government bonds in September 2025 amounted to $31 million, which is 20% less than in August ($39 million). This follows from the documents of the United States Treasury Department on November 19, which were reviewed by TASS.

According to the report, $22 million of this amount was allocated to long—term government bonds, and $9 million to short-term ones. The main buyers were private investors.

As of September 2025, Japan remained the largest foreign holder of U.S. government bonds with investments of about $1.2 trillion. The second and third positions were occupied by the United Kingdom ($865 billion) and China ($700.5 billion).

The total volume of net purchases of long-term and short-term U.S. securities by foreign investors amounted to $190.1 billion in September, which is a slight increase compared to August ($187.1 billion).

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Earlier, on October 27, the Financial Times (FT) newspaper reported that the US government debt will exceed the figures of Italy and Greece for the first time in the 21st century. According to the forecast of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), by the end of the decade, the debt-to-GDP ratio in the United States will reach 143.4%, an increase of more than 20%, a record level among developed economies.

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