Presently, how much does the U.S. owe to foreigners? Which countries primarily?
2007-11-12 19:23:28 · 4 answers · asked by smotpoker4u 4 in Social Science ➔ Economics
About 25 percent of the $8.5 trillion total is held by foreign governments.
Japan ( $644 billion)
China ($350 billion),
United Kingdom ($239 billion)
oil exporting countries ($100 billion
Edit: we do not know how much of the debt is held by foreign nationals as individuals, but china does not permit its citizens to buy our debt.
2007-11-12 21:17:58 · answer #1 · answered by meg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know how much it is, but if every country owed us back all the money they literally owe America, we would be out of debt easily.
2007-11-13 03:25:57 · answer #2 · answered by Vu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah I think its in the trillions, and mostly to China. Why, I have no idea though because we pay them CRAP for what we pay for the products that are produced over there...you know, deadly toys, etc.
I guess that just goes to show just how much of our products come from China...
2007-11-13 03:33:22 · answer #3 · answered by bean 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Somewhere in the rane of $10 trillion last time I checked. Almost all of it to China.
2007-11-13 03:25:31 · answer #4 · answered by DJTT 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋