Quote from: picolo on November 16, 2014, 07:01:09 PM

Quote from: RoadTrain on November 16, 2014, 02:15:39 PM

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The Chinese have said that if the US doesn't reduce its debt it will start offloading its US Treasuries/bonds - and when their export markets have expanded and domestic demand has grown they might well be in a position to do just that. Even the odd threat of it causes the dollar to plunge.

Quite frankly, the US debt market is exactly what allows Chinese to keep yuan undervalued by buying dollars.

As long as China wants to be an exporting country, they will have to amass dollars (or any currency of their trading partners), either directly (via CB) or indirectly (via outward private investment).

Economic adjustment doesn't happen overnight. By the time Chinese reorient their economy the dollar exchange rate would have already adjusted.

The US is bitching about the undervalued Yuan but it is a blessing for the US to be able to buy cheap products and it will not last for ever because the Chinese are shifting to having a strong currency, lots of Gold. They will keep producing a lot but they will consume most their products now

Yep, it's good for the US consumption-based economy. But some people want the economy to rebalance a bit, and I think it's reasonable that the US might want China to consume more.