WOW, look who's talking about big debt !!!
While Media Obsesses Over Pussy-Gate, US Debt Soars To $19.7 Trillion
The US government’s debt level has soared to just a hair under $19.7 trillion. To give it some context, that’s up over $170 billion in just eight business days.... the fastest pace in 13 months. It’s almost as if Barack Obama is intentionally and desperately trying to breach the $20 trillion mark before he leaves office in January.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-...es-over-pussy-gate-us-debt-soars-187-trillion
Hong Kong's Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistics for second quarter of 2016 [22 Sep 2016]
HONG KONG SAR: At the end of the second quarter of 2016, Hong Kong's external financial assets and liabilities amounted to HK$ 34,269.5 billion and HK$ 25,619.8 billion respectively. After netting out the external financial liabilities from the external financial assets, Hong Kong was a net creditor. Hong Kong's net external financial assets amounted to HK$ 8,649.7 billion (at exchange of 7.76:1, equivalent to US$ 1.1114652 trillion) at the end of the second quarter of 2016, compared with HK$ 8,480.9 billion at the end of the first quarter of 2016.
http://www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/pressReleaseDetail.jsp?charsetID=1&pressRID=3884
Updates of World's Largest Creditor Nations
JAPAN: As per latest Ministry of Finance report, at the end of second quarter 2016, Japan's net IIP stood at yen 354,341 billion (at exchange of 103.64:1 equivalent to US$ 3.41896 trillion).
http://www.mof.go.jp/international_policy/reference/iip/201609a.pdf
GERMANY: As per latest Bundesbank report, at the end of second quarter 2016, Germany's net IIP stood at euro 1,548.1 billion (at exchange of 1:1.11, equivalent to US$ 1.718391 trillion).
http://www.bundesbank.de/Redaktion/...rmoegen_quartal.en.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
CHINA: As per SAFE, at the end if second quarter of 2016, China's net IIP stood at US$ 1.6636 trillion.
http://www.safe.gov.cn/wps/portal/english/Data/Investment
TAIWAN: As per latest CBC report, at end of 2015, Taiwan's Net International Investment Position stands at US$ 1.053905 trillion, an increase of US$ 117.299 billion from a year ago. CBC releases IIP data annually, no quarterly data available.
http://www.cbc.gov.tw/public/Data/661516275171.pdf
SWITZERLAND: As per Scheweizerische Natl Bank, stocks of foreign assets increased by CHF 71 billion to CHF 4,298 billion in the second quarter of 2016. Stocks of foreign liabilities also rose, by CHF 33 billion to CHF 3,541 billion, mainly due to transactions reported in the financial account. The net international investment position advanced by CHF 37 billion to CHF 757 billion (at exchange of 1:01, equivalent to US$ 764.57 billion).
https://snbchf.com/2016/09/swiss-balance-payments-investment-position-q2/
SAUDI ARABIA: The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency reported net foreign assets of US$ 572 billion in end of May 2016, the lowest level in four years. The slump in crude prices has forced the government to sell bonds and draw on its currency reserves, still among the world’s largest. Net foreign assets fell by $115 billion last year, when the kingdom ran a budget deficit of nearly $100 billion.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...foreign-assets-fall-to-four-year-low-in-april
New Standing
Hong Kong has marginally overtaken Taiwan as world's
4th largest creditor by end Q2 2016, only trails Japan, Germany and China Mainland. However, note Taiwan's quarterly data are unavailable, hence the final ranking is yet to be confirmed at end 2016.
For Greater China as a whole (without accounting for Macau) combined position surpasses US$ 3.82897 trillion, making her world's largest creditor nation.