:Comment: This isn't good for [[interest rate]]s. Gulf economies used to buy [[US Treasury]] [[debt]] with oil profits. Now that they are not producing, they won't be financing the US [[budget deficit]] any more. In fact, should [[peace]] ever arrive, they will need to sell [[US Treasury]] [[debt]] to finance reconstruction. In the meantime, they will be selling US Treasury debt just to survive. [[User:RobSmith|Foghorn Leghorn]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Do normal heterosexuals spend 20 yrs obsessing over gay bars, bathhouses and drag queens?]]</sup> 02:28, October 20, 2026 (EDT) | :Comment: This isn't good for [[interest rate]]s. Gulf economies used to buy [[US Treasury]] [[debt]] with oil profits. Now that they are not producing, they won't be financing the US [[budget deficit]] any more. In fact, should [[peace]] ever arrive, they will need to sell [[US Treasury]] [[debt]] to finance reconstruction. In the meantime, they will be selling US Treasury debt just to survive. [[User:RobSmith|Foghorn Leghorn]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Do normal heterosexuals spend 20 yrs obsessing over gay bars, bathhouses and drag queens?]]</sup> 02:28, October 20, 2026 (EDT) |