Apple Owns More U.S. Debt than Most Countries – $52.6 Billion
Apple owns US$52.6 billion in U.S. Treasury securities, putting Apple’s stake in U.S. debt ahead of all but a few entire countries, according to CNBC. It also makes Apple a real mover in the global economy, and it’s a powerful symbol of how important Apple is becoming.
Apple owns this debt in the form of U.S. Treasury securities, meaning bills, notes, and bonds. These are debt obligations, which means you’re loaning money to the United States for a specified period of time.
Investing in the Federal Government
According to InvestingBonds.com, debt obligations such as securities are backed by the “full faith and credit” of the government, which makes them the safest of all investments. As of 2009, the amount of U.S. Treasury securities is about US$7.3 trillion—that number is much higher now.
Having a high amount of securities carries significant financial and diplomatic weight, and the top 25 investors in the U.S. is as follows—notice that Apple is the only corporation on this list:
- Japan: $1.1113 trillion
- China: $1.1022 trillion
- Ireland: $295.8 billion
- Brazil: $269.7 billion
- Cayman Islands: $266.1 billion
- Switzerland: $239.5 billion
- United Kingdom: $234.4 billion
- Luxembourg: $207.7 billion
- Hong Kong: $196.3 billion
- Taiwan: $181.2 billion
- Saudi Arabia: $134.0 billion
- India: $127.3 billion
- Russia: $108.7 billion
- Singapore: $107.9 billion
- Korea: $100.1 billion
- Belgium: $98.7 billion
- Canada: $80.2 billion
- France: $74.4 billion
- Germany: $68.3 billion
- Thailand: $66.5 billion
- Bermuda: $60.9 billion
- United Arab Emirates: $60.5 billion
- Apple: $52.6 billion
- Netherlands: $52.2 billion
- Turkey: $49.5 billion
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Based on this list, Apple is the biggest company out of Silicon Valley to have an impact on the world economy like this. The Cupertino company has a market cap of US$830 billion, and is on track to become the world’s first trillion dollar company.
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