Foreign holders of U.S. Treasury securities
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Foreign holders of U.S. Treasury securities
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Re: Foreign holders of U.S. Treasury securities
#2isn't "we" in the title a bit US-centric? (realize it's the original page's title, but probably deserves an edit when submitted to an external site like HN)
edit: original title of submission was "Who we owe"
Re: Foreign holders of U.S. Treasury securities
#3isn't "we" in the title a bit US-centric? (realize it's the original page's title, but probably deserves an edit when submitted to an external site like HN) edit: original title of submission was "Who we owe"
Given the cnn.com domain name, I think it's pretty clear who "we" refers to.
Re: Foreign holders of U.S. Treasury securities
#4isn't "we" in the title a bit US-centric? (realize it's the original page's title, but probably deserves an edit when submitted to an external site like HN) edit: original title of submission was "Who we owe"
Given the cnn.com domain name, I think it's pretty clear who "we" refers to.
Ted Turner?
Re: Foreign holders of U.S. Treasury securities
#5"United Kingdom includes Channel Islands and Isle of Man"
Well, I'm glad they specified that!
Though I am left wondering if the total for France includes New Caledonia... and of course, it's something of a travesty that they didn't indicate whether or not the total for Russia includes the Kaliningrad oblast.
Re: Foreign holders of U.S. Treasury securities
#6"United Kingdom includes Channel Islands and Isle of Man" Well, I'm glad they specified that! Though I am left wondering if the total for France includes New Caledonia... and of course, it's something of a travesty that they didn't indicate whether or not the total for Russia includes the Kaliningrad oblast.
New Caledonia isn't a tax haven. The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are, and most likely contain quite a large proportion of the UK's t-bill holdings.
Re: Foreign holders of U.S. Treasury securities
#7Meanwhile, at the end of 2011, 54% of US T-bills were still held by domestic entities: http://www.gao.gov/special.pubs/longterm/debt/ownership.html
edit: and it appears that China holds 22.6% of 46%, or (unless my math is horribly wrong) only about 10% of total US debt. Which, in the grand scheme of things, really isn't that much.
Re: Foreign holders of U.S. Treasury securities
#8isn't "we" in the title a bit US-centric? (realize it's the original page's title, but probably deserves an edit when submitted to an external site like HN) edit: original title of submission was "Who we owe"
Given the cnn.com domain name, I think it's pretty clear who "we" refers to.
CNN is in the US, so is YC
Re: Foreign holders of U.S. Treasury securities
#9According to Wikipedia, the combined total public debt is $16.805 trillion:
- Debt held by the public: $11.959 trillion. $5.6 trillion or approximately 47% of the debt held by the public is owned by foreign investors (the discussed article)
- Intragovernmental holdings: $4.846 trillion
Re: Foreign holders of U.S. Treasury securities
#10And that's what bankrupcy looks like..: