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Why does the US Government have dollar-denominated debt? (Original Post) Recursion Feb 2016 OP
The dollar is pretty much a worldwide fiat currency... TreasonousBastard Feb 2016 #1
Why imagine that? Recursion Feb 2016 #2
it would increase the risk of debt Travis_0004 Feb 2016 #3
Right... and we have no need to do that Recursion Feb 2016 #4

TreasonousBastard

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1. The dollar is pretty much a worldwide fiat currency...
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 10:16 AM
Feb 2016

and we borrow in dollars so we can try to control its value.

Imagine if we borrowed in Yen, or Euros...

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