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The impact on the US economy and financial markets if other countries stop buying US Treasuries
If other countries stopped buying U.S. Treasuries, Treasury prices would fall and yields would rise, forcing higher borrowing costs in the U.S. and abroad and risking financial-market dislocations; ho...
Yes — experienced a sharp, disorderly sell-off in mid‑January 2026 that many outlets and market participants described as a “” or “meltdown,” with long‑dated yields spiking to multi‑decade highs and a...
A of Treasuries by foreign central banks would, all else equal, put upward pressure on U.S. Treasury yields and tend to weaken the dollar, but the magnitude and persistence of those moves would depend...
—meaning a sustained shift by foreign central banks and investors away from dollar assets—would raise term premia on Treasuries, amplify and, through a weaker dollar and higher imported prices, exert ...