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===Foreign holdings===

[[File:MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES.webp|thumb|right|290px|Foreign holders of Treasury Securities <br> April 2021 - April 2022]]

As of October 2018, foreigners owned $6.2&nbsp;trillion of U.S. debt, or approximately 39% of the debt held by the public of $16.1&nbsp;trillion and 28% of the total debt of $21.8&nbsp;trillion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/mspd/2014/opds092014.pdf|title=Treasury Direct-Monthly Statement of the Public Debt Held by the U.S.|date=September 2014|access-date=November 30, 2014}}</ref> In December 2020, foreigners held 33% ($7 trillion out of $21.6 trillion) of publicly held US debt; of this $7 trillion, $4.1 trillion (59.2%) belonged to foreign governments and $2.8 trillion (40.8%) to foreign investors. Including both private and public debt holders, the top three December 2020 national holders of American public debt are [[Japan]] ($1.2 trillion or 17.7%), [[China]] ($1.1 trillion or 15.2%), and the [[United Kingdom]] ($0.4 trillion or 6.2%).<ref>{{cite report |author2=Jared C. Nagel |author1=Marc Labonte |date=July 9, 2021 |title=Foreign Holdings of Federal Debt |url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS22331.pdf |publisher=[[Congressional Research Service]] |page=ii |access-date=July 21, 2021}}</ref>