2011-10-60

美国到底欠全球各国和各国人民多少钱？2011年已经超过14.3万亿美元，而且还在增加之中。请详细阅读下面的美国国债资料

美国国债从1980 到 2005 的增长表，可以看出到2005年已经8.99万亿，现在2011已经超过14.3万亿美元，而且还在增加之中。

美国纳税者需长期背负还在继续增加之中的国家的天文数字国债

U.S. Debt – How Much Does Each American Owe?

According to U.S. Treasury, major foreign holders of treasury securities amounted to a mind-boggling $4,478,000,000,000 (that’s about $4.5 trillion), as of July 2011, compared to $4.125 trillion registered a year ago in Jul 2010. Going by the rate the country is borrowing, the debts can only go one way – up. As of June, 2011, United States have borrowed and must pay back about $14.3 trillion in public debt. Out of the $14.3 trillion in public debt, about 31.4% or $4.5 trillion is held by foreign countries. So, theoretically, if all these countries start asking the economic power United States to pay the debts, the global economy will collapse simply because the U.S. will not be able to pay.

Technically, it is the U.S. government that owes the massive $4.5 trillion debt to other countries; from China, Japan, United Kingdom and Russia to Malaysia. However we know the government actually does not have money and that’s why you should know at the end of the day, the citizens, in this case the Americans would have to take the bill, one way or another. The fact is the U.S. is broke and there’s no easy and simple solution in solving the debt problem. And it seems the country is going to leave the debt as it is with a quick fix – money printing.

The economic powerhouse will keep printing money for as long as needed to gets the country functioning. Based on the statistics from the U.S. Treasury, the huge $4.5 trillion debt can be divided into three main categories – Small Debts, Big Debts and Giant Debts. Small Debts include countries such as financial centers Hong Kong, Switzerland and Singapore; European countries such as Germany, France, Sweden and Italy; Asia countries such as India, Thailand, South Korea and Malaysia. United States owes these small debts countries ranging from $120 billion to a mere $12 billion.

The next category – Big Debts countries such as the United Kingdom, Oil Exporters (inclusive of Ecuador, Venezuela, Indonesia, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar,Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria), Brazil, Taiwan, Caribbean Banking Centers, Russia and Other Countries. These countries hold 50% more than what the small debts countries are holding in terms of the U.S. debt. And of course the Giant Debts countries, China and Japan, are holding about $2 trillion in U.S. treasury securities.

If the U.S. were to pay off the $4.5 trillion debt to these countries, each American needs to dig into their pocket for $14,458.00 to pay these nations with amount ranging from $39 to the Australian Government to $3,719 to the Chinese Government. Surely it would be super-fun watching these lenders queuing for their turn in getting their money from each of the U.S. citizen.