WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreign buyers of U.S. Treasury securities boosted their holdings in August to a record high. China, the largest foreign owner of Treasury debt, increased its holdings after two months of reductions.

The Treasury Department says in its monthly report that foreign holdings increased 1.1 percent to an all-time high of $6.07 trillion, after having fallen by 0.3 percent in July.

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