US Dept held by Red China

Posted by fivedollargold 10 years, 2 months ago to Economics

Given some previous discussions in the Gulch, here is the latest data $5Au could find. The April 2014 data will be interesting.

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Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 2 months ago

20% is enough leverage to cause a crash.

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  Posted by Zenphamy 10 years, 2 months ago
  
  $1.263 of $17.5 trillion is only some 7%,still I think they could crash us if they weren't so dependent on our consumption.
  
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    Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 2 months ago
    
    Source: U.S. Treasury
    Research Date: 7.2.2013
    As of January 2013, $5.6 trillion or approximately 47% of the debt held by the public was owned by foreign investors, the largest of which were the People’s Republic of China at just over $1.2 trillion.
    So my figure was the foreign owned debt which, as of last year, was 1.2 of 5.6, or 21.4%.
    
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