10 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 7 May \ parent \ on: US Treasury issues 125 billion dollars worth of new bonds this week econ
If they got really desperate, they could do a bail-in for themselves and convert people's savings into treasuries.
The one certainty is that they will do something to prop up demand for US debt.
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21 sats \ 4 replies \ @Satosora 7 May
Is that cheating though? Buying your own bonds, it will just bring the value of the US dollar down even faster.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 7 May
The US has been buying their bonds in one way or another for 100 years. While other countries use a central bank the US does it via the Fed and bond purchases
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 7 May
Everything they do is cheating.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Satosora 7 May
They could cheat and manipulate a little less obviously.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 7 May
Why go through the effort, when no one seems to care anyway?
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