Iraq advances two ranks among the largest foreign holders of US Treasury bonds
Iraq advances two ranks among the largest foreign holders of US Treasury bonds
2022-11-23 07:18
Shafaq News/ The US Treasury announced, on Wednesday, that Iraq ranks two among the largest foreign holders of US Treasury bonds.
The treasury said in its latest table, seen by Shafaq News agency, that “Iraq rose two ranks to reach the 32nd rank among the countries with the largest holders of US treasury bonds, of the 38 countries listed in the table for countries with holdings of more than 32 billion dollars.”
And she added, “Iraq’s possession of these bonds amounted to $36.9 billion for the month of September, up by 3.65 percent from August of 2022, and up by 105 percent from the same month of last year 2021.”
She pointed out that “Iraq was the fourth largest Arab country after Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE, while Japan came at the top of the countries with the largest possession of these bonds, followed by China second and the United Kingdom third,” indicating that the total bonds of the countries of the world amounted to 7 trillion and 296 billion dollars.
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