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by thephyber 2234 days ago
Of $23+ trillion of US government debt, the largest foreign government debtors are {Japan with $1.27 trillion, China with $1.09 trillion, UK with $0.40 trillion}.[1]

Ireland owns about 0.1% of US securities debt ($0.28 trillion)[1]. That's a _very_ low circular factor.

[1] https://www.thebalance.com/who-owns-the-u-s-national-debt-33...