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When you owe the bank $30,000...
When you owe the bank $30,000...
I was talking with Ed Morrissey before his show today -- which, by the way, was screamingly funny and good so go listen -- and he was telling me about a post he did about a Chinese official who said that China is pwn3d by the U.S. treasury . Luo Ping, a director-general at the China Banking ...
Activists 'shocked' at Clinton stance on China rights
Activists 'shocked' at Clinton stance on China rights
news.yahoo.com — AFP/POOL US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton smiles upon arrival at the airport in Beijing. Amnesty International... (more) Activists 'shocked' at Clinton stance on China ...
FT.com / Companies / Financial Services - China to stick with US bonds
ft.com — China will continue to buy US Treasury bonds even though it knows the dollar will depreciate because... such investments remain its “only option” in a perilous world, a senior Chinese banking regulator said on Wednesday. China has used the dollars it ... (more) FT.com / Companies / Financial Services - China to stick ...
Yu Says, China Needs U.S. Guarantees for Treasuries
bloomberg.com — China should seek guarantees that its $682 billion holdings of U.S. government debt won’t be eroded by... “reckless policies,” said Yu Yongding, a former adviser to the central bank. (more) Yu Says, China Needs U.S. Guarantees for Treasuries
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The difference between owing $30K and $3 trillion
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... waiting for NARN II to start, I pointed out my post on China’s remarks to both.  I especially wanted to get King’s reaction to China’s admission that they had no other option but to stick with US Treasuries, even with the dollar almost certain to depreciate thanks to the enormous debt we’re adding through TARPs and Porkulus. King told me this aphorism: When you owe the bank $30,000, they own you. When you owe the bank $30 million, you own them. And if you owe the bank $2 trillion?  King elaborates on that today: Luo is correct that the dollar will depreciate as new debt hits ...

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