#us bonds

"Promoters of #USempiredecline make the claim that the world is #dedollarizing, the dollar is losing its role as the standard currency of international trade. If this were to happen, other countries would dump their trillions in foreign reserves, foreign loans would no longer be primarily made and repaid in dollars, nor would international trade take place primarily in dollars. Other countries would lose interest in investing in #USbonds, such as Treasury bonds; the #worldbanking system would slip out of US control; US economic #sanctions and blockades on countries would lose their coercive impact. This would cause a clear drop in our standard of living, since the dollar would lose much of its buying power. De-dollarization would threaten the US empire’s survival."

The author's analysis argues convincingly against these claims.

A sell-off in global bonds is accelerating as Moody's downgrade of U.S. credit rating and President Donald Trump's tax bill has brought to fore investors' fiscal concerns globally.

Events such as credit rating downgrades or budgets that risk expanding deficits tend to bring fiscal concerns front and center of investors' minds, forcing them to reprice long-end risk, said Rong Ren Goh, Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income, Eastspring Investments.