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		rebuilder 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bond rout starting to sound market alarm bells The US can always pay their dollar-denominated debt by printing more dollars. It wouldn’t be a case of being unable but of being unwilling to pay.

procaryote 9 months ago [–]

of course, losing confidence that the dollar denominated payments will be worth anything near what you expect in non-dollars is functionally very similar to losing confidence that they'll pay

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