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The stability of the U.S. Treasury market and its influence by foreign holders like Japan and the eurozone, including the impact of yield differentials, hedging costs, and central-bank policy interactions.
The short answer is: — a sharp government bond (JGB) sell-off can push global yields higher and that, in turn, raises funding costs and discount rates that influence real‑estate financing, including b...
A coordinated sell‑off of Treasuries by the or major European sovereigns would spike yields and market volatility in the short term but is unlikely to achieve a clean political objective because priva...
now hold roughly $8.5–$9.1 trillion of marketable securities, equivalent to about 29–32% of debt held by the public, a share materially lower than the near‑50% levels of the early 2010s . If foreign d...
—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 ...
Foreign holders like Japan and the eurozone stabilize or destabilize U.S. Treasury markets through three concrete channels—portfolio flows, cross-border yield arbitrage (including hedging costs), and ...