Julian Robertson Wonders: "Who Will Lend Us The Money?" (Video)
Sep 29, 2009 at 6:40 AM
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"It's almost Armageddon if the Japanese and Chinese don't buy our debt.”
“It's not a question of the economy. It's a question of who will lend us the money if they don't. Imagine us getting ourselves in a situation where we're totally dependent on those two countries. It's crazy.”
“If the Chinese and Japanese stop buying our bonds, we could easily see [inflation] go to 15 to 20 percent."
“The other thing is, they're buying almost exclusively short-term debt. And that's what we are offering, because we can't sell the long-term debt. And you know, the history has been that people who borrow short term really get burned.”
"The U.S. has to quit spending, cut back, start saving, and scale backward. Until that happens, I don't think we're anywhere near out of the woods.”
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