Who owns America's Government Debt?
David Fuller's view
My thanks to a subscriber for these informative graphics
from the US Treasury. Note: you may need to resize to read the labels.
The debt
totalled $12.8 trillion as of March 2010, and we can be certain that it is higher
today. $8.89 trillion of this debt is held by the USA, with the Federal Reserve
and US intra-governmental holdings accounting for 61.2% of this portion.
Just
imagine how much higher US government debt yields would be without quantitative
easing. Today, everyone fears deflation but does anyone really think that all
this debt will not lead to higher inflation over the long term?