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From this report https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2016/05/17/saudi-arabias-big-us-stake-finally-revealed/84495824/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/mo
by prostoalex 8y ago
From this report https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2016/05/17/saudi-arabias-big-us-stake-finally-revealed/84495824/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2016/05/17/saud... it sounds like Saudi Arabia holds under $120 billion of US Treasuries with the total outstanding US debt being $21.702 trillion https://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/mspd/2018/opds102018.pdf https://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/mspd/2018/opd...
At 0.55% (the figure has possibly have gone down due to the drop in oil prices between 2016 and 2018) they're a significant holder, but hardly a market maker.