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A comment on Beijing's US Treasury holdings dip.

Re:Beijing's US Treasury holdings dip by mywittyname on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @03:22PM (#20217267)
The US President is looking to the Federal Reserve to interest lower rates. By reducing their T-Bond holdings and curbing future purchases, China is increasing the volume of T-Bonds the Federal Reserve must purchase in order to achieve the US President's wishes of lower interest rates.

It seems like a good move, seeing as the President's base has a negative opinion of national debt and government interference.

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Re:Beijing's US Treasury holdings dip by HansLandaa on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @03:38PM (#20217475)
Massive selling pressure would push bond yields up. Fixed income security prices and yields have an inverse relationship
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Re:Beijing's US Treasury holdings dip by mywittyname on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @03:05PM (#20226304)
Right, which means that the Fed will have to buy even more to push rates down.
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