Who owns America? Hint: It's not China

From the CNN blog, and Business Insider:

Many people — politicians and pundits alike — prattle on that China and, to a lesser extent Japan, own most of America's $14.3 trillion in government debt.
But there's one little problem with that conventional wisdom: it's just not true.

 Here is the list of holders of American debt:

• Hong Kong: $121.9 billion (0.9 percent)

• Caribbean banking centers: $148.3 (1 percent)

• Taiwan: $153.4 billion (1.1 percent)

• Brazil: $211.4 billion (1.5 percent)

• Oil exporting countries: $229.8 billion (1.6 percent)

• Mutual funds: $300.5 billion (2 percent)

• Commercial banks: $301.8 billion (2.1 percent)

• State, local and federal retirement funds: $320.9 billion (2.2 percent)

• Money market mutual funds: $337.7 billion (2.4 percent)

• United Kingdom: $346.5 billion (2.4 percent)

• Private pension funds: $504.7 billion (3.5 percent)

• State and local governments: $506.1 billion (3.5 percent)

• Japan: $912.4 billion (6.4 percent)

• U.S. households: $959.4 billion (6.6 percent)

• China: $1.16 trillion (8 percent)

• The U.S. Treasury: $1.63 trillion (11.3 percent)

• Social Security trust fund: $2.67 trillion (19 percent)

http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/21/who-owns-america-hint-its-not-china/