In 2015, Foreign Ownership of the Total Public Debt of the United

question 59

Multiple Choice

In 2015, foreign ownership of the total public debt of the United States was about

• A)20 percent.
• B)34 percent.
• C)60 percent.
• D)75 percent.

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