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US bonds sale faces market resistance The US Treasury is facing an ordeal by fire this week as it tries to sell $100bn of bonds to a deeply sceptical market amid growing fears of a sovereign bond crisis in the Anglo-Saxon world. The interest yield on 10-year US Treasuries – the benchmark price of long-term credit for the global system – jumped 33 basis points last week to 3.45pc week on contagion effects after Standard & Poor’s issued a warning on Britain’s « AAA » credit rating. The yield has risen over 90 basis points since March when the US Federal Reserve first announced its controversial plan to buy Treasury bonds directly, a move designed to force down the borrowing costs and help stabilise the housing market. The yield-spike may be nearing the point where it threatens to short-circuit economic recovery. While lower spreads on mortgage rates have kept a lid on home loan costs so far, mortgage rates have nevertheless crept back up to 5pc. The US is not alone in facing a deficit crisis. Governments worldwide have to raise some $6 trillion in debt this year, with huge demands in Japan and Europe. Kyle Bass from the US fund Hayman Advisors said the markets were choking on debt. « There isn’t enough capital in the world to buy the new sovereign issuance required to finance the giant fiscal deficits that countries are so intent on running. There is simply not enough money out there, » he said. « If the US loses control of long rates, they will not be able to arrest asset price declines. If they print too much money, they will debase the dollar and cause stagflation. |




















Au cas où vous n’auriez pas lu la Chronique de Nathalie Elgrably-Lévy
We are so fuck…
Plus comme de l'hyper-inflation. La fed compte être capable d'éponger les surplus de la base monétaire pour éviter une poussée d'inflation, mais tout ce qu'elle a pour le faire est des actifs toxiques surévalués et des bons du trésor que personne ne veut acheter.
Espérons que la Banque du Canada aura le bon sens de larguer le dollar US, malgré l'effet que ça aura sur nos exportations, plutôt que de le suivre dans sa descente aux enfers.