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Japan is on the verge of a $400 billion fire sale of U.S. debt. This could break the back of the Treasury market and devastate Americans’ finances. (www.cnbc.com)

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[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 year ago

$400Bn is nothing in the USA, honestly. Japan could fire sale it all, which it won't, and in the worst case American actors will buy it all up and the market blip will be over in a single day. Someone will make good money on short sales, though.