By Douglas A. McIntyre, 24/7 Wall St. for DailyFinance.com
China owns, by most accounts, the largest pool of U.S. Treasuries in the world. It continues to buy them, helping the U.S. to fund its growing deficit. If China exits the market as a buyer, the interest rate that the U.S. has to pay for its debt would rise substantially.
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