• Technus@lemmy.zip
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    19 hours ago

    They don’t even have to sell what they’ve got. They just have to stop buying more and invest elsewhere instead.

    The US runs on a perpetually increasing deficit. If that line were to stop going up, we’d instantly fall into a recession.

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      18 hours ago

      They would be crazy to keep investing in the US at this point. Why throw good money after bad? Time to cut your loses and move on I think.

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        17 hours ago

        Because the US economy is like a coked up salesman, not a great guy, but he’s hit those growth targets out of the park. Until now. But he’s running out of gas and the party’s over, pissed off too many people.

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          12 hours ago

          Yeah and they are getting to a point where there isn’t much growth to be had.

          Which is why I think he wants Venezuela and Greenland, I honestly think the US is kind of broke.

          If that keeps the party going, then unfortunately some will keep investing.

          Hence why it’s actually critical not to just give him Greenland, making it hard will have an impact.

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        17 hours ago

        US can issue domestically without issue.

        Wasn’t tanking the bond market like the first thing Trump did in his second term? Or, I guess the uncertainty his “policies” result in (whether intentional or not) has tanked the bond market.

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          16 hours ago

          The only American bonds that I would buy, would be War Bonds for waging war against the Trump Regime.

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          16 hours ago

          In Jan 2024 the short term bonds were at 5% and long term at 4%. Jan 2025 and Jan 2026 short term bonds were at 4% and long term at 5%.

          So, no. Bond market hasn’t changed much. Yet.

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          16 hours ago

          It was. And it was due to the tarrifs and uncertain nature (I.e. Trump chaos). Between that and cooking the GDP and Jobs numbers and firing hundreds of thousands of government employees that keep us functioning and you have a shit domestic market to sell into.