The Saudis threatened to unload hundreds of billions of dollars in American treasury securities.

沙特威胁要抛售其持有的数千亿美元美债。

The Fed also decided to begin reducing its holdings of Treasury securities, agency debt, and agency mortgage-backed securities.

美联储还决定开始减持国债、机构债务和机构抵押贷款支持证券。

Economists who study the U.S. have been surprised that the economy stayed strong even as interest rates for Treasury securities have increased.

在美国国债利率上升的情况下，美国经济依然保持强劲，这让研究美国的经济学家感到惊讶。

However, much of the money the U.S. government uses to pay its costs comes from borrowing in the form of U.S. Treasury securities.

然而，美国政府用于支付花销的大部分资金来自以美国国债形式借入的资金。

High interest rates also hurt some investors who decided to put their money in safe U.S. Treasury securities five or 10 years ago.

高利率也伤害了一些在五年或十年前决定将资金投入安全的美国国债的投资者。

China holds about $1.2 trillion dollars in United States treasury securities.

中国持有约 1. 2 万亿美元的美国国债。

Because U.S. Treasury securities are not a high-risk investment, the U.S. dollar has gotten stronger compared to the Euro, the British pound and the Australian dollar.

由于美国国债不是一种高风险投资，美元相对于欧元、英镑和澳元走强。

It's been decided to reduce the monthly pace of its net asset purchases by 20 billion U.S. dollars for Treasury securities and 10 billion dollars for agency mortgage-backed securities.

美联储已决定减少每月购买 200 亿美元国债和 100 亿美元机构抵押贷款支持证券的净资产。