• ExotiqueMatter@lemmygrad.ml
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    6 days ago

    Ha yes, tell it to the press where the bond holders can see it before hand too just to be sure your economy will get fucked extra hard. Imaging having an idea so bad that talking about it is itself a bad idea.

  • footfaults@lemmygrad.ml
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    6 days ago

    These are all a bunch of shell games that everyone is going to see right through and dump their Treasury bonds, or call them in. America will immediately go to shit.

    Fine. Whatever.

  • driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br
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    6 days ago

    The US still prices its gold reserves at $42.22 an ounce.

    If revalued to the market price of around $2,900, it could create nearly $900 billion in new equity overnight.

    Wouldn’t this crash the gold price?

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOP
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      The US would try to force foreign creditors holding long-term Treasury notes to swap them for 100-year, non-tradeable zero-coupon bonds. These bonds wouldn’t pay interest and would only be recoupable upon maturity. The plan could potentially reduce interest payments on the federal debt, but it could also make debt more expensive for the US. The move aims to weaken the US dollar, which is likely to increase inflation and interest rates.