alt Hacker NewsWouldn’t that necessarily mean that if the US keeps making enemies of allies, then the premium required for these countries to give US money would be higher? Sure, I’ll lend you some, but I don’t trust you that much, you’ll have to pay me more.
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cyanydeez • today at 5:50 PM
Sure, but that premium would still be in dollars; until the world realizes that the US is using the primacy of the dollar as a reason to do whatever they want...
delfinom • today at 4:57 PM
That is exactly why the bond yields keep rising.
Go further with your reasoning... Why would anyone lend the US more...