Monday, November 3, 2008

Who owns us?

Foreign owners of US Treasury Securities (July 2008)
Nation billions of dollars percentage
Japan 593.4 22.17%
Mainland China 518.7 19.38%
United Kingdom 290.8 10.87%
Oil exporters 173.9 6.50%
Brazil 148.4 5.54%
Caribbean banking centers 133.5 4.99%
Luxembourg 75.8 2.83%
Russia 74.1 2.77%
Hong Kong 60.6 2.26%
Switzerland 45.1 1.69%
Republic of China (Taiwan) 42.3 1.58%
Norway 41.8 1.56%
Germany 41.1 1.54%
Mexico 36.0 1.35%
South Korea 35.3 1.32%
Turkey 32.4 1.21%
Thailand 31.8 1.19%
Singapore 31.4 1.17%
Canada 26.6 0.99%
Netherlands 14.9 0.56%
Poland 13.9 0.52%
Egypt 13.4 0.50%
Chile 13.1 0.49%
India 13.0 0.49%
Sweden 12.4 0.46%
Belgium 12.0 0.45%
Ireland 11.2 0.42%
All other 139.5 5.21%
Grand Total 2676.4

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