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America's $28 trillion problem: The Fed just said foreign investors now own way more of the US than it owns of them
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- “Easy money” is getting harder to come by.
- That’s a major implication in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s latest research showing a $28 trillion gap between what the U.S. owns in overseas assets versus what foreign investors hold.
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America's $28 trillion problem: The Fed just said foreign investors now own way more of the US than it owns of them naokawa/Envato Aditi Ganguly Tue, June 2, 2026 at 9:45 PM GMT+7 9 min read Moneywise and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue through links in the content below.
“Easy money” is getting harder to come by.
That’s a major implication in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s latest research showing a $28 trillion gap between what the U.S. owns in overseas assets versus what foreign investors hold. Currently, the U.S. has $41 trillion in foreign assets, but overseas investors have a much larger $69 trillion in U.S. assets (1).
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