who owned the largest share of u.s government intragovernmental debt holdings at the end of 2016
National debt of the United States As of September 2014, foreigners owned $6.06 trillion of U.S. debt, or approximately 47% of the debt held by the public of $12.8 trillion and 34% of the total debt of $17.8 trillion.[43] The largest holders were China, Japan, Belgium, the Caribbean banking centers, and oil exporters.[45]