Friday, April 23, 2010

China vs USA

Just a random thought...

China has like trillions of USD reserves right? Lets imagine the scenario where China decides to suddenly dump all the USD in the market. What's going to happen?
- Everyone else is going to dump their USD as well.
- The USD will suddenly cease to be THE world currency
- The US will have difficulty with sustaining their trade deficit.
- The US might default.

Of course its not in China's best interest to do that. But... theoretically... China has the power to do that.

Scary?