The U.S. Treasury Department said Russia had cut its investments in U.S. government bonds by a factor of nine to $68 million. Online American Treasure.
According to the US Treasury Department, Russia’s investment in US government bonds in December 2022 was $629 million, a significant drop from October figures to $2,034 billion.
And already in January 2023, the volume of Russian investments amounted to only $ 54 million in long-term bonds and $ 13 million in short-term bonds.
Formerly Oleg Syrovatkin, Principal Analyst for Otkritie Investments Global Research declarationthat the demand for the dollar in the world began to decline, so the US lost its ability to print its currency uncontrollably.
All this puts the US authorities in front of a difficult choice. It’s about choosing between saving the country’s financial system, sacrificing the dollar, or vice versa.