Revealed: Saudi Arabia owns $117 billion of U.S. debt

One of the biggest mysteries in global finance was just revealed: How much U.S. debt Saudi Arabia owns. Saudi Arabia stockpiled $116.8 billion of U.S. Treasuries as of March, the Treasury Department announced on Monday, ending four decades of keeping the figure secret. That makes Saudi Arabia the 13th largest foreign holder of U.S. debt, though well behind the $1 trillion-plus owned by China and Japan each.
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