Who owns America?
THE TOP 10 LENDERS TO UNCLE SAM
The amount of Treasury securities held at the end of June 2009
{Your share caluclated according to a US population of 300 million.}
  1. $776.4 billion: China (Your share: $2,588)
  2. $711.8 billion: Japan (Your share: $2,373)
  3. $214 billion: U.K. (Your share: $713)
  4. $191 billion: Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and 13 other oil exporters (Your share: $637)
  5. $189.7 billion: Caribbean banking centers (Your share: $632)
  6. $139.8 billion: Brazil (Your share: $466)
  7. $119.9 billion: Russia (Your share: $400)
  8. $104.2 billion: Luxembourg (Your share: $347)
  9. $99.8 billion: Hong Kong (Your share: $333)
  10. $77 billion: Taiwan (Your share: $257)
{D}etails ... can be found in the Treasury International Capital report.
Source: "Meltdown 101: Foreign investments in US debt" By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer Christopher S. Rugaber, Ap Economics Writer – Mon Aug 17, 2009

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