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Thursday, September 18, 2008

Who owns America?

Want to know who owns America? Well, the following chart could give you a few clues!

Foreign owners of US Treasury Securities (April 2008)
Nation billions of dollars
Japan 592.2
China, Mainland 502
United Kingdom 251.4
Oil Exporters 153.9
Brazil 149.5
Carib Bnkng Cntrs 115.4
Luxembourg 84.8
Hong Kong 63.1
Russia 60.2
Norway 45.3
Germany 44
Taiwan 42.6
Switzerland 42.5
Korea 40.5
Mexico 38
Singapore 33.3
Turkey 31.1
Thailand 27.9
Canada 24
Ireland 18.5
Netherlands 15.5
Sweden 13.1
Egypt 12.7
Belgium 12.5
Poland 12.5
Italy 10.6
India 10.5
All Other 154.2
Grand Total 2601.8

Still think we own our own country?

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