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Re:What Economists Still Don’t Get About the 2008 Crisis by pas on Monday July 30, 2018 @07:12PM (#17649046)
Why do they need 2.5T USD for import-export? Could you elaborate on this?
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Re:What Economists Still Don’t Get About the 2008 Crisis by simonh on Monday July 30, 2018 @07:50PM (#17649318)
They need the reserves to cover their credit risk. This Forbes article lays it all out pretty well.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/salvatorebabones/2018/05/24/chi...

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