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Originally Posted by KingK7
2 Norway 42,364
3 United States 41,399
Norway ownz you.
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Na.. the Central Bank of China is the owner. China owns more of the US than any other country and is lending em even more - at the rate of $2-4 billion/daily (tho that's only around 22-28% of the daily US borrowings from other nations).
The simplified version is.... the US is a credit card holder, China (and others) are big bad VISA. VISA loves spenders - spend as much as you want and enjoy a lifestyle you can't afford or manage. But, when the card gets maxed out, - sorry folks - it's time to pass over your assets.
Any time the Central Bank of China choose to dump dollars, the scenario gets worse. They have been discreet about selling the US debt so far but are, in effect (along with other nations), the controllers of the US dollar.
The other "owner" of the dollar are oil-producing nations and OPEC. The day OPEC dream (that day has already come) of valuing oil in eg. Euro's instead of dollars and put this into effect, is the day the US economy goes into a rapidly downwards spiral.
The lowering of dollar value against other currencies at the moment has little to do with China or others. It appears to be more related to a failure in US economic performance. The White House recently downgraded US growth forecasts in the middle of a sharp slowdown in the housing market and giving markets a lack of confidence in the dollar.
For webamsters? Hell.. if you are pricing a paysite in dollars, - add and extra $10/month to memberships and bring this into line with other currencies you may have for payment options. Sure are hell that's what China will be doing when pricing their goods for US sale.