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Re:Netherlands pulls gold out of the US for fears of 'geopol... by nradov on Saturday September 05, 2026 @12:15PM (#49577999)
There is no alternative.
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Re:Netherlands pulls gold out of the US for fears of 'geopol... by IshKebab on Saturday September 05, 2026 @12:21PM (#49578045)
What? There's an almost limitless supply of other entities you can lend money to.
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Re:Netherlands pulls gold out of the US for fears of 'geopol... by nradov on Saturday September 05, 2026 @12:35PM (#49578179)
None that can absorb such enormous capital flows.
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Re:Netherlands pulls gold out of the US for fears of 'geopol... by IshKebab on Saturday September 05, 2026 @04:19PM (#49580285)
Nonsense. The USA is not bigger than the rest of the world.
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Re:Netherlands pulls gold out of the US for fears of 'geopol... by nradov on Saturday September 05, 2026 @05:19PM (#49580798)
US capital markets are the largest and most liquid in the world. It's not even close.

There are of course a zillion other borrowers worldwide but they're all much smaller and suffer from a variety of other structural problems. If you need to deploy a huge amount of capital with low risk and high liquidity then US treasuries are still the only realistic option.

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