* Total buying in bonds EX STOCKS at 58.4 bn -- weakest since August, 73 bn prior 6 month average ** Tsy buying at 27.9, ex bills ** Agency buying slides to 7.5 bn, slowest since Sept and a sharp fall from the recent average of over 20 bn **** Official Tsy buying slides to -15, biggest sale since August '98. BUT private buying at record high -- 42.8 bn **** Official Agency buying slows to 1 bn ** Caribbean is #1buyer of Tsy, including bills, at 32.5 (TOTAL 65 BN IN 2005) -- biggest purchase ever. UK follows with 12.2 bn-- HEDGE FUNDS AT WORK. ** Japan sells 5 bn in 2005 ex bills, but this is in 3 months up to fiscal year end. Subsequent MoF data points to buying. ** China sells 42 mn Tsy, buys 403 mn Agencies. Buys 2 bn corporates