US Debt Know Which Country Holds How Much US Debt Know How much India China own American Debt

US Debt Know Which Country Holds How Much US Debt Know How much India China own American Debt

First know how the USA Borrows loans?

American Government issues Security bonds, Treasury bonds and these bonds are purchased by other countries and institutions.

As of April this year, US Treasury bonds owned overseas accounted for $4.7tn of the national debt

US national debt is owned mostly in the US - and the $4tn foreign-owned debt is owned by other countries.




MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES - (in billions of dollars)
HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD

China is the biggest owner of US Treasury bonds - over $1.14tn by September.

1. China mainland – 1148.3

2. Japan – 956.8

3. UK – 421.6

4. Brazil – 206.2

5. Taiwan – 149.3

6. Switzerland – 146.1

7. Hong Kong – 109.0

8. Russia – 94.6

9. Canada – 84.8

10. Singapore – 63.5

11. Germany – 58.9

12. Thailand – 55.0

13. France – 43.9

14. Turkey – 39.0

15. India - 36.5

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Foreign Holdings of Treasure Securities US

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Thursday, November 24, 2011

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Source –

http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Documents/mfh.txt