Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Graphic Images: Who Really Owns the National Debt?

We've been dropping in on these folks for a while now.
From Political Calculations:
The U.S. Treasury Department has revised its estimates of the foreign ownership through the end of Fiscal Year 2012, which means that we can now finalize our picture of just who the major holders of the 16.027 trillion dollars of the outstanding U.S. government debt issued through 30 September 2012 are:
Fiscal Year 2012: To Whom Does the U.S. Government Owe Money?
Overall, U.S. entities own 66% of all debt issued by the U.S. federal government. Ranking the major U.S. entities from high to low, we find that....MORE