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Biden committed suicide by weaponing the USD….stealing a sovereign Nations money ( Russia) is NOT going over big with the world…

“ CHINA sold a record amount of Treasury and US agency bonds in the first quarter, highlighting the Asian nation’s move to exit the US debt market thanks to war. Beijing dumped a total of US$53.3 billion of Treasuries and agency bonds combined in the first quarter, based on Bloomberg calculations of the latest data from the US Department of the Treasury. Belgium, often seen as a custodian of China’s holdings, disposed of US$22 billion of Treasuries during the period.”

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/china/china-dumping-us-debt-at-record-levels/

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Fact is even Western nations are dumping US debt….something like $15 Trillion in debt is coming up to be rolled over just this year….there are fewer, fewer buyers….and then ther3 wer3 none.

For the simple minded- if our debt ( government securities) has no buyers-
We go into default.

“For the simple minded- if our debt ( government securities) has no buyers-We go into default.”

Isn’t the degradation of debt a reason interest rates go up?

So wouldn’t our government be trying to roll over its debt by offering higher interest rates?

But the US dollar is very high, and still rising.

Which is good for me, as my income is in dollars and my expenses in Euros.

There IS international demand for US debt.

China is in a bad economic situation. Any guesses why it sold? Think real hard.

Could it be that China needed an influx of cash to shore up?

Well... yes!

For the simple minded- if our debt ( government securities) has no buyers-
We go into default.

Huh? Default is when you can't repay your debt. If other countries try to dump the debt they do have and can't, they simply hold on to that debt. Hell, we might even be able to buy it at less than face value and save money!

What hurts us, is if no one buys discounted debt other countries are unloading, then no one's buying new debt we try to issue to pay Ukraine or illegals' hotel/steak/lobster bills. No wait, those still get paid, it'll just be VA and SS and national parks that get shorted!