When will the US Dollar's appeal fade? Not yet, as the US sucks up all the rest of the world’s savings, partly because the US is exceptional, and partly because it has marched to a different tune to the rest of us on its fiscal/monetary policy mix in recent years, FX strategist at Societe Generale Kit Juckes notes. Treasury market to overshadow Sintra economic forum “The US net international investment position is deteriorating dramatically after a brief respite.
Japan, Germany and China are the biggest net owners of foreign assets, but they’re midgets by comparison to Uncle Sam!” “We saw concerns about the outlook for fiscal policy after the Presidential election come back to haunt the Treasury market. I’m not sure why anyone is more worried about this issue now than a few days ago, but any upward pressure on Treasury yields will simply strengthen the US Dollar further.