Yet another WSJ editorial finding its way into the news section. The Federal Reserve Board could easily replace China as the buyer of the bonds. Furthermore, if China opted not to buy U.S. government bonds, the dollar would fall against the yuan, which would reduce our trade deficit. This would increase employment and reduce the budget deficit. Bad editorial, really bad news article.
--Dean Baker
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