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U.s.a. debt: who owns information technology and how large is it? Photo: Corbis

U.s.a. federal debt is still a record high. This week information technology passed a milestone: the fourth straight year the deficit has passed the $1tn marking. As of today, the national debt stands at $16,066,241,407,385.fourscore (merely over $16 trillion).

It's an event that'southward sure to come in the first presidential contend this Wednesday.

And then, how does the U.s.a. borrow money? Treasury bonds are how the US - and all governments for that thing - borrow hard cash: they issue authorities securities, which other countries and institutions buy. Then, the US national debt is endemic mostly in the Usa - but the $v.4tn foreign-owned debt is owned predominantly by Asian economies.

Under President Obama'southward offset term, that effigy has gone up from $3tn, a rise of 74.one%. Nether George Westward Bush, it went upwards too - by 85% over the whole two terms - and 64% in his 2d term lonely.

Holders of US Treasury bonds, $bn

The US Treasury releases the figures on this every quarter - we accept made them more than useable. So, who has the almost?

Graphic by Craig Bloodworth at the Information Lab

The primal findings are:
• Every bit of July this year, U.s.a. Treasury bonds owned overseas deemed for $5.4tn of the national debt - up 14.vi% on final year. That'southward not everything - the United states now owes over $16tn.
• Mainland china is the biggest owner of Usa Treasury bonds - over $1.14tn. But it's down 12.half-dozen% on last year, bankroll up reports that Mainland china is selling off its United states treasury bonds
• Bonds bought in the UK (mainly private investors and pension funds) make it the eighth country on the list at $140.9bn - up 13.5% on January 2009 when Obama took over

Information technology reflects a U.s.a. national debt which has grown starkly, from $7.8tn in 2005 to busting through the United states debt ceiling of $14.294tn last year - according to these day by day figures.

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Bad as that number is, using the bald full figure is non as representative as using a measure out which compares the debt to the size of the economy. That is, debt as a percentage of gross domestic production - Gdp. And, looking at that figure up to the stop of 2010 (using OECD data), Uk is actually worse off than the Us.

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Information summary

MAJOR Foreign HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES (in billions of dollars), HOLDINGS AT END OF PERIOD

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Land	July 2012.	July 2011.	Jan 2009.	% change, Jan 2009 to July 2012	% change Jul 2011 to Jul 2012
SOURCE: US TREASURY NOTES 1) Estimated foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury marketable and non-marketable bills, bonds, and notes reported under the Treasury International Majuscule (TIC) reporting organisation are based on annual Surveys of Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities and on monthly data. two) United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland includes Channel Islands and Isle of Homo. 3) Oil exporters include Ecuador, Venezuela, Republic of indonesia, Bahrain, Islamic republic of iran, Republic of iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, People's democratic republic of algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria. iv) Caribbean area Cyberbanking Centers include Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Netherlands Antilles and Panama. Beginning with new serial for June 2006, also includes British Virgin Islands.
Grand Full	5348.5	4668.iii	3071.vii	74.1	14.57
People's republic of china, Mainland	1149.six	1314.ix	739.6	55.4	-12.57
Japan	1117.i	885.2	634.8	76.0	26.two
Oil Exporters	262.iii	244	186.six	40.6	7.5
Brazil	253	219.one	133.5	89.five	15.47
Carib Bnkng Ctrs	246.ii	177.9	177.ane	39.0	38.39
All Other	224.1	193.nine	147	52.4	xv.58
Taiwan	196.1	147.half-dozen	73.3	167.5	32.86
Switzerland	190.1	118.5	62.one	206.1	threescore.42
Russia	154.3	141.vii	119.6	29.0	viii.89
Belgium	144.two	86.half-dozen	15.6	824.4	66.51
United Kingdom	140.9	141	124.one	xiii.5	-0.07
Hong Kong	136.7	105.9	71.7	90.7	29.08
Luxembourg	128.3	114.i	87	47.5	12.45
Singapore	92.7	65.vii	38.five	140.viii	41.1
Ireland	88.2	52.2	50	76.4	68.97
Kingdom of norway	69.ix	23.7	21.ix	219.two	194.94
French republic	64.eight	45.6	17.9	262.0	42.11
Germany	62.8	63	56.2	eleven.seven	-0.32
Canada	55.6	46.eight	viii.4	561.ix	18.8
India	53.ix	40.3	32.5	65.8	33.75
United mexican states	53.5	31.1	34.eight	53.seven	72.03
Thailand	53	58.4	37.2	42.5	-9.25
Korea, Due south	44.3	33.4	31.3	41.v	32.63
Philippines	36.vii	30	11.6	216.4	22.33
Turkey	thirty	42.8	xxx.viii	-2.6	-29.91
Republic of chile	29.7	19.6	xv.two	95.four	51.53
Poland	29.4	31.9	3.three	790.9	-7.84
Sweden	28.2	28.iv	12.4	127.4	-0.7
Colombia	28	eighteen.8	xi.5	143.5	48.94
Italy	27.8	21.3	fifteen.half dozen	78.ii	thirty.52
Israel	25.v	20.9	16.9	50.nine	22.01
Australia	25	20.four	seven.8	220.5	22.55
Netherlands	24.6	23.6	sixteen.8	46.4	4.24
Spain	24	14.4	4.two	471.four	66.67
Malaysia	20	fifteen.three	8	150.0	thirty.72
Denmark	14.vi	10.viii			35.nineteen
Peru	11.8	9.half dozen			22.92
South Africa	11.5	ten.ane			13.86
Egypt			sixteen.nine

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/jul/15/us-debt-how-big-who-owns

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