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Japan is on the verge of a $400 billion fire sale of U.S. debt. This could break the back of the Treasury market and devastate Americans’ finances.

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Japan is on the verge of a $400 billion fire sale of U.S. debt. This could break the back of the Treasury market and devastate Americans’ finances.

www.cnbc.com

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish ·
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Bank of Japan raises benchmark interest rate, outlines roadmap for trimming bond buying program
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The central bank said that it will reduce the monthly outright purchases of JGBs to about 3 trillion yen per month in the January to March 2026 quarter.
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  • CyberSyndicalist [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    I’m not going to take anything the Heritage Foundation says seriously

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      When I saw Heritage, my response flipped to NOPE. But I thought, charitably, hey give 'em a chance. LoL, NO. The 3rd take away point “cut spending” is right out of austerity thinking, which has been disproven. Buncha cranks. Spending without taxation to back it up, sure that’s problematic. And so is cutting spending ‘will he, nill he’. Funny how they never talk about cutting military spending. smh.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/31/boj-raises-benchmark-interest-rate-outlines-roadmap-for-trimming-bond-buying-program.html

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      I’m out of the loop. What did HF do to make you not take them seriously?

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        It’s a right-wing think tank who, among many other things, are the architects of project 2025.

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          Ah, enough said. Thanks.

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    Hmmmm……interesting……yes….something something……absolutely fascinating……so, rich people money……blah blah blah is ……at risk, it says and… something something……no solution……unless …… they take money from poor people”

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    Japan should just try communism. I hear it works great and then you can cozy up with your neighbors of Russia and China.

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      Can’t really be communist and think you’re the supreme race at the same time though.

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        They’re anti-China. Sucks to be them smh

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    $400Bn is nothing in the USA, honestly. Japan could fire sale it all, which it won’t, and in the worst case American actors will buy it all up and the market blip will be over in a single day. Someone will make good money on short sales, though.

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    Good. Donald Biden (or Joe Trump) have turned the USD in a dumpster fire. The sooner other countries dump it the better their finances will be.

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    Can someone ELI5?

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      Japanese investors hold a large chunk of US bonds. With the yen rallying against the dollar and US rates being high, they’re looking to dump their bonds because otherwise they’re going to start losing money on them.

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    They’d never do it if it’d hurt USA so badly. They rely strongly on them on many fields, including military support

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