Iraq out of the list of major countries holding US bonds
Iraq out of the list of major countries holding US bonds
2024-12-18 01:47
Shafaq News/ The US Treasury Department announced on Tuesday that Iraq is no longer a major foreign holder of US bonds.
Shafaq News Agency reviewed the Treasury report for September, which showed that Iraq was not among the top 20 countries holding US bonds, after it was ranked among the top holders last year with a holding of $32.6 billion.
The report indicated that “Japan topped the list of major countries in holding US bonds, with holdings amounting to $1.123 trillion, followed by China in second place with holdings amounting to $772 billion, while the United Kingdom came in third with $764 billion, the Cayman Islands in fourth place with $420 billion, Luxembourg in fifth place with $417 billion, and Canada in sixth place with $370 billion.”
The report explained that Saudi Arabia was the only Arab country that maintained its position among the 20 largest holders of US bonds, as its holdings amounted to $143.9 billion.
The report indicated that the total holdings of US bonds by countries around the world in September amounted to 8 trillion and 872 billion dollars.
US bonds are a type of debt instrument issued by the US government to raise money, and many countries buy them as a safe investment.
In the past years, many Arab and foreign countries, including Iraq, owned large amounts of these bonds, and over time, Iraq’s holdings of US bonds decreased until it left the list of the 20 largest countries holding these bonds.
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