I have always been fascinated with graphs and numbers especially when they are easy to understand. Here is a snapshot of the U.S. national debt from March 2009. I thought it would be interesting to post this for future reference.
The U.S. national debt is approx $11T. Foreign ownership accounts for $3.3T.
Here is the break out.
| Country | in Billions |
| China | $767.9 |
| Japan | $686.7 |
| Bahamas, Bermuda, Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Netherlands, Panama | $213.6 |
| France, India, Korea, Mexico, Singapore, Turkey | $204.0 |
| Algeria, Bahrain, Ecuador, Gabon, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Venezuela | $192.0 |
| Others | $156.7 |
| Russia | $138.4 |
| Channel Islands, Isle of Man | $128.2 |
| Brazil | $126.6 |
| Egypt, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Thailand | $124.3 |
| Luxemberg | $106.1 |
| Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Malaysia, Philippines, Sweden | $89.5 |
| Hong Kong | $78.9 |
| Taiwan | $74.8 |
| Switzerland | $67.7 |
| Germany | $55.0 |
| Ireland | $54.7 |
These figures are from the Department of Treasury and The Federal Reserve.
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