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List of large equity holders in the USA by beneficial owners

This list is also missing (i.e. list of top beneficial owners by nationality). Forbes' List of high net worth individuals/billionaires helps but this is different. I suspect however some TRILLIONAIRES/families are missing (if they exist). 47.17.16.137 (talk)

US public debt

World factbook cites 73.6% of GDP (2015 est.) and US treasury department "102% of GDP".

Use most recent estimate, or slightly older actual figure?

I notice that across our "Economy of..." articles, in the infobox, we tend to use the IMF's GDP estimates for 2022, as opposed to the actual figure for 2021. We don't even mark the figure as an estimate, and IMO it seems more encyclopedic to use actual figures even if slightly older. I've reviewed the archives and seen no previous discussion of this, but one may have taken place on another page that I've missed.

In the infobox, for the GDP figures, what should we do?

List only the most recent year's estimate
List only the latest actual figure
List both, and designate the estimate as an estimate

DFlhb (talk) 08:23, 18 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'll note that these forecasts aren't that accurate.[1][2][3][4], even for current-year estimates. DFlhb (talk) 09:14, 18 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I !vote for 3 - both; the more info we provide to the reader the better, IMO. I think many people are familiar with the news of "previous estimate of X quarter growth restated" so they will understand the inaccuracy, even though +/- 's aren't included in the estimates. ---Avatar317 ^(talk) 19:46, 18 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Making The Article Semi-Protected

This page keeps getting vandalized and I am tired of doing cleanup. It should be semi-protected. Wlong243 (talk) 17:45, 27 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've requested it to be semi-protected and it has been! Thanks for the heads up! Plainfield95 (talk) 03:14, 8 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It should be fully protected Usydydjwhxyxhx (talk) 12:50, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2023 GINI coefficient data

The 2023 GINI coefficient data I have used is from the OECD website, which contains the identical source chart used to verify the 2021 Gini coefficient information for the Economy of the United Kingdom page's main sidebar. Since it is considered a valid source for that article, I have included it as a source to update the figure in this one. I hope that is sufficient to prevent any reversions to this article. Regards, ExoticGate1022 (talk) 09:25, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]