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Aaron Bean: “I have some of those figures in the meantime, while you get the chart. It is actually, four lenders currently hold a…”

On the recordMarch 28, 2006
I have some of those figures in the meantime, while you get the chart. It is actually, four lenders currently hold a total of $2.174 trillion of our public debt. Compare this to only 23 billion in foreign holdings in 1993. The top 10 current lenders are Japan at $682 billion; China at $249 billion; the UK at $223 billion; Caribbean banking centers, $115 billion; Taiwan, 71 billion; and it goes on and on.
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Aaron Bean
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