I was going to update my own charts on household assets and liabilities after the release of the Fed’s z1 Flow of Funds report for the first quarter yesterday, but this look at who’s been buying U.S. debt via the Global Macro Monitor blog seemed to be more important.

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Look for much of the same when the second quarter data is released three months from now since the Fed’s $600 billion bond buying program concludes in just a few weeks. Of course, there won’t be any hiccups when that happens.