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The Dollar Endgame Is Not What You Think | Peruvian Bull
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Japan at 263% debt-to-GDP with zero growth path — Western central banks copied
Japan at 263% debt-to-GDP with zero growth path — Western central banks copied
- 54 of 55 nations above 120% debt-to-GDP hyperinflated or defaulted in past 150 years; Japan is the sole exception — so far.
- Japan invented QE (2001), QQE (2013), and yield curve control (2016); the Fed and ECB adopted each tool 10–15 years later.
US interest expense hits $1.2T/yr — now 24% of all federal tax receipts
US interest expense hits $1.2T/yr — now 24% of all federal tax receipts
- Interest expense growing at 12%/yr vs. GDP growth of ~1.6% (Atlanta Fed Now). Math is unsustainable without monetization.
- Interest now rivals or exceeds defense as the largest federal budget line item.
Foreign CB Treasury buying collapsed from 71% to 15% of net new debt
Foreign CB Treasury buying collapsed from 71% to 15% of net new debt
- 2008–2015: $8T net new US debt issued, foreigners bought 71% (~$6T). 2015–2022: $10T issued, foreigners bought only 15%.
- Aug 2025: global CB gold holdings surpassed Treasury holdings in total value — first time ever.
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In this video
- 1mIntroduction: Dollar Doom Narratives and Why They've Been Wrong
- 7mWhy the Dollar Remains Strong: Eurodollar Demand and Global Debt
- 15mStablecoins and Dollar Dominance Acceleration
- 23mJapan as the Monetary Policy Lab: Bubble, Crash, and Zombification
- 35mQQE, Yield Curve Control, and the Bank of Japan's Extremes
- 45mThe Yen Carry Trade and Japan's Failed Normalization Attempts
- 55mJapan's Demographic Collapse and the Lost Generation
- 1h 2mUS Fiscal Trajectory, Wars, and the Limits of Monetary Engineering
- 1h 8mBitcoin as Reserve Asset: Gresham's Law, Triffin's Dilemma, and the Long Game
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