BRICS Just "Declared War" on the U.S. Dollar

Published: 2025-08-18
Status: Analyzed

Predictions from this Video

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If BRICS expands trade using non-dollar currencies (yuan, rupees, rubles, or a shared currency), global demand for US dollars will decrease.
"If bricks expands by trading in yuan, rupees, rubles, or whatever future shared currency, the global demand for US dollars will go down."
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If fewer countries use US dollars, there will be fewer buyers for US Treasury bonds.
"That means less countries using dollars and that means less buyers for US Treasury bonds."
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If foreign ownership of US treasuries continues to decline, it could push US interest rates much higher, increasing costs for financing US deficits and consumer borrowing.
"With foreign ownership of treasuries already going down to about 30% of outstanding US debt means that if this keeps on going, it could push interest rates much higher, making it more expensive to finance US deficits and more expensive for us as consumers to borrow money."
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US sanctions will become less effective if fewer countries require the US dollar for trade.
"On top of that, the sanctions the US uses, which is one of its most powerful geopolitical tools, also becomes less effective when less countries need the money to trade with."
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If foreign demand for US Treasury bonds decreases, bond yields (interest rates) could remain higher for longer than anticipated.
"If foreign demand for our debt for Treasury bonds goes down, that means higher interest rates a lot longer than people expect potentially."
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