• LarkinDePark@lemmygrad.ml
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    4 months ago

    Interesting thread here that shows, although there appears to be a large gap right now, the significance of a shift away from China, a large reliable and stable state buying US treasury bonds, compared to private investors that are more “yield sensitive”, means a much more precarious situation for the US.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOP
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      4 months ago

      Exactly, China anchored the dollar buy being a very stable holder of bonds. Now that these are being bought up by all kinds of random investors, the situation is a lot more volatile.