Who lends money to countries like Japan and US? -

I keep hearing about national debts faced by Japan and US. So, who is the big money-lender (person or organisation) to them? If this person or organisation has the means to do so, where in turn does his/its wealth come from? Is it the banks? Maybe it sounds silly but I really wish to know. Thanks.

The amount of money in China today is astounding. It s incredible to think that a communist nation would be the leader in economics, but they have. They have cheap labor which enable their products to compete with products made elsewhere and their workforce is also dedicated to the common cause. At the same time there are strong capitalist sentiment which makes the system work strongly. There is very little credit so whatever product is made, there is very little loss or interest owed. The country - between the politician and the masses - are all working for one common goal.

Yeah China does that, and what is funny is, China can keep lending money more and more and they will not be able to get it from either of them because if they called in their debts they would go into debt because America is their biggest buyer...well pretty much only one. Also no country ever actually pays debts.

Any one who buys Japanese bonds

It s China.