The US debt to Saudi Arabia in recent years has increased.
As of March the amount of US debt, the holder of which is Saudi Arabia, totaled $116.8 billion
It is reported Bloomberg, citing data from the U.S. Treasury, disclosed by the Ministry of Finance in accordance with the Act on freedom of information.
Debt can be even more. And foreign exchange reserves of the Kingdom amount to $587 billion in the General practice of Central banks, according to statistics from the IMF, involves placing two thirds of foreign exchange reserves in dollars. Part of debt can be accumulated in offshore jurisdictions. In particular, Belgium is the owner of the $143 billion U.S. obligations, while the balance registered in the Kingdom companies are also Treasury bonds, the official owner of which is China.
Saudi Arabia is among the ten largest foreign holders of U.S. debt. The largest debt holders are China ($1.3 trillion) and Japan ($1.1 trillion).
