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Who Actually Buys U.S. Government Debt When Everyone Is Selling?

When investors dump U.S. Treasury bonds, someone must be buying them. Every completed bond sale has a buyer and a seller, even during the worst market crashes. The surprising part is that falling bond prices can attract new investors rather than drive everyone away. Banks, pension funds, hedge funds, insurance companies, foreign governments, and individual investors all participate in the Treasury market. But they buy for different reasons, and not necessarily at the same price. [...]