It also shows how most of the world's wealth was created and stays in the U.S. --not bad for 1/20th of the world's population. This relates to what we were just chatting about here --and jospehm20 was saying that--
...China lends us back a portion of the money it makes from us...
--and we need to remember that all those "trade deficit" numbers from the BEA came w/ other BEA numbers showing that it's not just "a portion" --it's all the money. Every penny of that 'trade-deficit' comes right back buying not only T-bills but also stock shares, buildings, etc.
Today especially is a very good day to remember that money by itself isn't worth anything, it's only when we use it that is means anything.