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Re:The Fed now owns nearly 1/3 of all U.S. mortgages by refurb on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @02:13AM (#24417784)
Countries are buying US gov't debt because: 1) they have a lot of USD due to exporting goods to the US and 2) it's one of the safest places you can park money.

Sure, it would be bad if they dumped treasuries (at a big loss), but why would they do that if they put the money there in the first place because it was safe?

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Re:The Fed now owns nearly 1/3 of all U.S. mortgages by baconandeggs on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @02:26AM (#24417872)
They will dump them because they will need the liquidity.
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Re:The Fed now owns nearly 1/3 of all U.S. mortgages by garmaine on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @03:13AM (#24418193)
Or because they expect the era of stability to be over.
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