Bondholders. That includes individuals anywhere in the world that own Treasury bonds. It includes insurance companies. It includes mutual funds. It includes pensions. It even includes other parts of the government.
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Capable-Tailor4375 on
To citizens, corporations, other governments, even themselves.
Literally anyone owning a government bond.
CommonCents1793 on
To households. My retirement account contains plenty of US government debt. My bank purchases government debt with the money in my savings account, in order to pay me a bit of interest.
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Bondholders. That includes individuals anywhere in the world that own Treasury bonds. It includes insurance companies. It includes mutual funds. It includes pensions. It even includes other parts of the government.
who
To citizens, corporations, other governments, even themselves.
Literally anyone owning a government bond.
To households. My retirement account contains plenty of US government debt. My bank purchases government debt with the money in my savings account, in order to pay me a bit of interest.