🇨🇳💰Why is China dumping US Treasuries for gold?

China’s holdings of US Treasury bonds plunged by $22.7 billion in February to $775 billion, according to data released by the US Treasury Department last week. This is not an isolated development. Over the past decade, China has dumped 40% of its US Treasury holdings. Here's what you need to know:

▪️China has been divesting itself of US debt for several years, with its investment in the latter hitting a 14-year low in Oct 2023.

▪️China is minimizing its exposure to the US dollar, seeing how US has weaponized the greenback by freezing and now threatening to confiscate the Russian Central Bank's financial assets.

▪️Instead, China is stockpiling gold, a reserve asset with no counterparty risk. Its gold reserve now stands at 2,235 tons, just a 100-ton shy of Russia’s, according to World Gold Council.

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China continues to buy gold despite rising prices

The new record price for gold does not stop Chinese citizens and the government from buying the metal. The People's Bank of China has been purchasing for 17 consecutive months, which is the longest buying streak in history. In 2022, China bought 218 tons, and last year - 279 tons. Meanwhile, another major gold consumer, India, has reduced purchases by 9%, yielding the top spot to China. The main reasons for such acquisition rates of physical gold include the desire to reduce the share of the dollar in reserves and to hedge the yuan against devaluation.

Investors and the consumer sector are not lagging behind the People's Bank. For wealthy Chinese and companies, gold is a reliable way to preserve their assets. Trading volumes of gold on Chinese exchanges have risen to five-year highs. Gold imports increased by 34% ahead of the Lunar New Year in China, the peak gift-giving season.

Such strong support for the growing market is positively assessed by both speculators and metal producers.

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The US is eyeing sanctions that could cut off some Chinese banks from the rest of the world
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/the-us-is-eyeing-sanctions-that-could-cut-off-some-chinese-banks-from-the-rest-of-the-world/ar-AA1nwU8j

The US is taking sharper aim at Chinese financial institutions, in an effort to stamp out a key source of support for Russia's military production.

Lawmakers in Washington are actively drafting a round of sanctions against such banks, the aim being to completely cut these lenders off from the global financial system...

Although this constitutes a more forceful step than seen before, the ballooning trade between Beijing and Moscow is feared to be helping Russia rebuild its war machine.

While no weapons are exchanged, China has become the lead supplier of essential industrial components, from circuitry to aircraft parts.

New sanctions could go as far as cutting China from accessing the US dollar, the linchpin currency used in global trade.

But it also means risks for Washington, as it could speed up de-dollarization efforts.

Beijing responded to the news by calling the US' approach as "hypocritical," Reuters reported.

"China's right to conduct normal economic and trade exchanges with other countries, including Russia, is inviolable,"...

The communist regime in the Whitehouse are hell bent on destroying America.

US House Passes REPO Act: How Confiscating Russian Assets Could Impact Global Economy
https://thecurrencyanalytics.com/marketmovers/us-house-passes-repo-act-how-confiscating-russian-assets-could-impact-global-economy-110528

In a move that could reshape the dynamics of global finance, the US House of Representatives has greenlit the Rebuilding Economic Prosperity and Opportunity (REPO) Act.

This legislative stride, if fully enacted, could pave the way for the confiscation of over $6 billion worth of Russian assets tucked away in US financial institutions.

At the heart of the matter lies the notion that such actions could significantly accelerate the ongoing trend of de-dollarization, wherein countries seek to reduce their reliance on the US dollar in international transactions.

The act could be perceived as a form of coercion, compelling nations to reconsider the risks associated with holding assets subject to potential seizure at the whim of US policy shifts.

They caution that empowering the government to confiscate assets may destabilize the dollar-dominated global financial framework, potentially triggering unintended economic fallout.

As nations around the world closely monitor these developments, the specter of de-dollarization looms large on the horizon.

Countries previously content to rely on the stability of the dollar are now reevaluating their strategies in light of shifting geopolitical dynamics and the ever-present specter of economic coercion.

Now may be a good time to consider investing in hard assets to protect yourself from what's coming.

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