Saturday, September 4, 2010
The Slow And Inevitable Collapse Of The World Economy
Almost two years ago the US Treasury was selling large amounts of short-term Treasury bills to fund bailouts and stimulus. That caused a major increase in debt. Most of that paper was 2-year bills and it is coming due for rollover shortly. While that transpires, October will report the annual fiscal deficit of 9/30/10 of about $1.5 trillion, a figure thought impossible just 1-1/2 to 2 years ago.
This time around the Treasury will have to depend on the Fed and US banks and institutions to fund this mountain of paper. China has reduced its holdings of Treasury debt by about 6%, or by about $6 billion over ten months, or by about 10% or almost $100 billion over the past year or so. We know these figures are estimates because the Chinese government has the same trouble the US government has, it cannot discern truth from fiction.
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My Comment: An essay outlining the worse doom and gloom possibilities for the U.S./World economy. What is my take .... hmmmm.... I am more pessimistic.
Hat Tip: Good Shit
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3 comments:
your source is darkgovernment.com ?
please :)
I am just having fun Mark. Everything is not serious in this blog.
man, please.. no fun here, ok?
being a good German, I always have my Cyanide capsules lying on my desk in case you announce the apocalypse first here on this blog -- this one felt close!
;-))
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