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This chart seems to be off. China only holds over $2b? According to this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Foreign_Holders_of_United_States_Tr

by reedlaw 17y ago

This chart seems to be off. China only holds over $2b? According to this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Foreign_Holders_of_United_States_Treasury_Securities.svg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Foreign_H... China holds almost $800b of US Treasury Securities.

m0th87 17y ago
The chart is for deficit, not debt (see the inky dinky text at the bottom of the infographic)
- ojbyrne 17y ago
  I don't think that's correct. The text at the top refers to "Holders of Treasury Securities" and the legend on the side says each $ equals 10m of Treasury Securities. I.e. debt. In addition the graphic seems totally screwy. There are 32 rows of 35 dollar signs (total of 1120) which means that $11.2 billion are represented. Which bears no resemblance to either the number at the top nor the one at the bottom. In addition, the number at the top ($3.4 billion) seems quite small in relation to the one at the bottom. Seems screwed up.
  - m0th87 17y ago
    Perhaps it's just a completely fucked graphic then? If it takes this many HNers to try to decipher its meaning, I doubt there's any hope for the average population.