flix on Nostr: China, as of Jan 2025, holds between 800 billion and 1.2 trillion in US bonds. Can ...
China, as of Jan 2025, holds between 800 billion and 1.2 trillion in US bonds.
Can they afford to trigger a bond panic that leads to large losses on that position?
But what if they are hedged?
China has $ 300 bn in gold (low estimate).
A 20% loss on their US bond position would be offset by a 65% gain in gold.
Gold has already risen more than that in the past 2 years.
Published at
2025-04-11 09:13:41Event JSON
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