Randolph Kinney
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- Joined
- Apr 7, 2005
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- Retired Appraiser
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- North Carolina
Historical Ownership of Treasury Debt
I found some historical information on what percentage of U.S. Treasury debt is owned by foreigners.
In the 1960s, foreign ownership of the debt was less than 5 percent. This crept up to about 20 percent in the late 1970s.
During the Clinton administration, the amount of the national debt owned by foreigners roughly doubled, from 18 percent in 1992 to 35 percent by 1999.
As of the end of 2004, foreign ownership of U.S. treasury debt reached almost $2 trillion, 44 percent of the total held by the public.
Purchases of Treasury notes by foreign investors exceeded sales by $6.59 billion in July 2006, a Treasury Department report released Monday showed. Overseas investors own nearly half the Treasury market.
I found some historical information on what percentage of U.S. Treasury debt is owned by foreigners.
In the 1960s, foreign ownership of the debt was less than 5 percent. This crept up to about 20 percent in the late 1970s.
During the Clinton administration, the amount of the national debt owned by foreigners roughly doubled, from 18 percent in 1992 to 35 percent by 1999.
As of the end of 2004, foreign ownership of U.S. treasury debt reached almost $2 trillion, 44 percent of the total held by the public.
Purchases of Treasury notes by foreign investors exceeded sales by $6.59 billion in July 2006, a Treasury Department report released Monday showed. Overseas investors own nearly half the Treasury market.