Everyone knows that the US federal government has about $ 20 trillion debt. However, the question often arises: who exactly owns all these treasures? If holders of US debt to other countries, such as China, then what part belongs to this country?
TitleMax data indicate who owns the US debt at the international level, as well as the debt of other countries that hold US.
Who should the Americans?
United States debt the federal government can be divided into two categories: debt held by the public, and domestic debt. The first category includes securities held by individual investors, corporations, local and state governments, the Federal Reserve and foreign governments.
Meanwhile, domestic debt includes securities held in accounts owned by other federal agencies. In this category, for example, include the Treasury belonging to the Trust Fund of Social Insurance.
Here are the calculations of these two categories, as of December 2016:
US federal debt (billions)
- Debt held by the public - $ 14202.1
- Domestic debt - $ 5395.7
- Total debt - $ 19 597.8
Debt held by the public (billions)
- Foreign / International Organizations - $ 6154.9
- The Federal Reserve - $ 2490.6
- co-investment funds - $ 1524.8
- State and local governments - $ 899.4
- Banks - $ 620.3
- Private pension funds - $ 549.1
- Insurance companies - $ 344.8
- US Savings Bonds - $ 165.8
- Other organizations - $ 1449.1
- About 43% of the total debt held by the public, is actually owned by foreign governments, corporations and individuals.
US debt at the international level (billions)
- Japan - $ 1090.8
- China - $ 1058.4
- Ireland - $ 288.2
- Cayman Islands - $ 263.5
- Brazil - $ 259.2
- Switzerland - $ 229.9
- Luxembourg - $ 223.4
- United Kingdom - $ 217.1
- Hong Kong - $ 191.4
- Taiwan - $ 189.3
- India - $ 118.2
- Saudi Arabia - $ 102.8
- Other - $ 1771.7
Based on materials WELTRADE
