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today the US dollar is the principal reserve currency. what isthe proportion of US treasury notes that are held by foreigngovernments? list the top ten countries holding US dollarstreasuries along with the amount and relative percentage?

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According to U.S. Department of Treasury as of June 2019, Foreign countries held a total of 6.636 trillion US Dollars in U.S, Treasury securities of which 3.856 Trillion USD were in T-bonds and notes. Total National debt was 21.58 trillion $ in 2018 and rose to 22.03 trillion USD as of June 2019. So proportion of T-bonds and notes held by foreign government = 3.856/22.03=17.503%

The top ten countries and their relative percentage is:

	(in Billions of $)	Relative %
Japan	1122.9	26.36%
China	1112.5	26.115%
United Kingdom	341.1	8.007%
Brazil	311.7	7.317%
Ireland	262.1	6.153%
Switzerland	232.9	5.467%
Luxembourg	231.0	5.423%
Cayman Islands	226.6	5.319%
Hong Kong	215.6	5.061%
Belgium	203.6	4.779%

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Total= 4260 billions $,Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Total=100%

I made this from the data commonly available. Hope it helps

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