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4. A huge percentage of US currency is abroad, too.

Tue Dec 19, 2017, 11:39 PM

Dec 2017

Economists estimate 2/3 of US $100 bills are held outside of the US.

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Yes, a few years down the road. elleng Dec 2017 #1

yes he did say that.... chillfactor Dec 2017 #2

A huge percentage of US currency is abroad, too. GreenEyedLefty Dec 2017 #4

That, I believe, is strongly tied to the drug trade. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #6

Somehow I doubt that 48% of all stock is owned by foreign investors. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #5

Well, there are a lot of sovereign wealth funds out there. Yavin4 Dec 2017 #7

Perhaps. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #8

Money as well as Stocks are Wellstone ruled Dec 2017 #9