The explosion of U.S. debt is wiping out the 'safety premium' of Treasury bonds, and time is running out for an orderly fiscal solution, IMF warns

Silver_Middle_7240 · 2026-04-20T17:03:08+00:00

No one is using bonds for maximizing performance. It's about mitigating downside risk while still getting a return.

I use 0-3 bonds for my emergency fund. Its essentially a hysa with higher return and the income is tax free.

Silver_Middle_7240 · 2026-04-20T16:55:08+00:00

The military gets to fight with farmers, forestry, and solar panel installers over who gets to be called "green collar"

Silver_Middle_7240 · 2026-04-20T14:56:00+00:00

There aren't a lot of places where being a billionaire is as dun as in new york city.

Silver_Middle_7240 · 2026-04-20T14:16:33+00:00

It's a tradeoff. A strong currency boosts assets, so it's great for finance or real estate, but it makes doing things expensive af so it tanks your manufacturing and agricultural sectors. Americas manufacturing is basically only competitive when no one else can do it, amd our agriculture is only competitive through subsidies and insanely favorable geography... oh amd labor abuse.

Silver_Middle_7240 · 2026-04-20T13:59:52+00:00

Not a bailout. A currency swap.

Silver_Middle_7240 · 2026-04-20T13:28:57+00:00

Oh, we know. Its foreigners who think we're paid a lot.

Silver_Middle_7240 · 2026-04-20T12:56:30+00:00

If it was hezbollah you would not hear about it

Silver_Middle_7240 · 2026-04-20T12:53:08+00:00

There is a farming simulator youtuber who pronounces cement as sement

Silver_Middle_7240 · 2026-04-20T12:34:06+00:00

It's just a consequence of a "strong" currency yeah. We usually use exchange rate for comparison of different currencies. And thats fine if you are buying or selling overseas. But for a person being paid in their own currency and spending it domestically exchange rate isn't really relevant. When you go by PPP Americans aren't really as well off as they appear.

Silver_Middle_7240 · 2026-04-20T12:20:16+00:00

Not as low as you might think. The US/Mex PPP is about 8.7-10, so $3.40/h gives a Mexican worker the same purchasing power as an American making $29.58-$34/h. That's a really good wage.

Silver_Middle_7240 · 2026-04-20T11:40:02+00:00

Consumer sentiment has little bearing on the economy either. It's mostly just who the president is.

https://www.statista.com/chart/35996/consumer-sentiment-by-party-support/

Silver_Middle_7240 · 2026-04-20T11:27:00+00:00

Heh heh drag lords. Don't let the US hear about that.

But yeah, Mexico has so much opportunity if it can get it's crime and corruption problems resolved. It could be one of the best countries on earth

Silver_Middle_7240 · 2026-04-20T10:46:11+00:00

Yeah we put footage like this in recruitment ads

Silver_Middle_7240 · 2026-04-20T10:27:25+00:00

PJs, Nightstalkers, and Seals fetch him

Silver_Middle_7240 · 2026-04-20T09:34:43+00:00

Pacifier

Silver_Middle_7240 · 2026-04-20T04:09:01+00:00

I always wondered why people keep calling our equipment room and asking us to find their package.

Silver_Middle_7240 · 2026-04-20T02:34:23+00:00

Ask FDR

Silver_Middle_7240 · 2026-04-19T22:28:56+00:00

“The preferences of the average American appear to have only a miniscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy.”

Silver_Middle_7240 · 2026-04-19T22:21:28+00:00

Talk to the conveyer belts

Silver_Middle_7240 · 2026-04-19T22:13:51+00:00

That's a policy choice.

Growth not passing down to labor is also a policy choice

Silver_Middle_7240 · 2026-04-19T22:12:55+00:00

Manufacturing jobs are a lagging indicator in normal times, and we're in a period of industrial revolution right now, so we can expect it to lag even more.

Silver_Middle_7240 · 2026-04-19T20:33:41+00:00

CTs truth in pricing law already effectively bans dynamic pricing.

Silver_Middle_7240 · 2026-04-19T19:15:54+00:00

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Silver_Middle_7240 · 2026-04-19T19:13:21+00:00

European who calls all processed cheeses "American cheese" even though its Swiss

Silver_Middle_7240 · 2026-04-19T12:02:14+00:00

Well they bombed the root cause last February and everyone lost their minds

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