The Treasury’s recent moves in the bond and currency markets add up to ‘soft-form financial repression’ to lower debt costs, economist warns
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"If the market price of USTs is not 'allowed' to adjust down, the foreign exchange price of UST owned by foreign investors has to adjust via a weakening in the dollar."
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- The Treasury’s recent moves in the bond and currency markets add up to ‘soft-form financial repression’ to lower debt costs, economist warnsFortune
- The Treasury’s recent moves in the bond and currency markets add up to ‘soft-form financial repression’ to lower debt costs, economist warnsYahoo Finance