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Treasury Secretary Bessent Plays Down Foreign Bond Dumping Claim

2025/4/15
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Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia Edition

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Scott Bessent
特朗普提名的财政部长候选人,曾任乔治·索罗斯对冲基金高级管理人,推崇减少预算赤字、放松监管和增加能源生产的经济政策。
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Shuli Ren
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Doug Krisner: 本期节目讨论了中国对特朗普政府关税政策的回应,以及中国是否会抛售其持有的美国国债。 Shuli Ren: 我认为最近美国国债市场的大幅抛售,部分原因是亚洲央行抛售美国国债,日本已经表示将利用其国债储备作为武器。中国持有大量美国国债,如果贸易谈判破裂,可能会对美国施压。美国财政部的数据可能无法反映中国通过欧洲托管银行持有的美国国债。特朗普政府的政策变化暴露了其弱点,中国可以利用这一点。去美元化趋势正在发生,各国央行正在积极寻求多元化储备资产。 Scott Bessent: 我认为最近美国国债市场的波动并非由于外国政府抛售美国国债,而是由于对冲基金的去杠杆化操作以及市场的一些偶然冲击造成的。 Ross Mayfield: 由于特朗普政府的政策通过行政命令而非立法程序制定,市场波动性将成为新常态。企业难以对未来进行长期投资规划。大型银行是市场波动中的受益者之一,其交易收入创历史新高。关税和贸易紧张局势可能会导致外国投资者重新评估其美国国债持仓,并可能减持。目前投资策略是逢低买入高质量公司,并关注长期增长潜力大的行业,例如人工智能。美联储可能不会大幅降息,因为关税的通胀影响大于其对经济增长的担忧。不确定性导致消费者支出放缓,消费者信心下降。在后贸易、后美国霸权的世界中,国际多元化变得更加重要。欧洲和中国等地区仍有投资机会。

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Speaking exclusively to Bloomberg, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent played down the recent selloff in the bond market, rejecting speculation that foreign nations were dumping their holdings of US Treasuries.

In her latest column, Bloomberg Opinion's Shuli Ren writes China is done retaliating against President Donald Trump's exorbitant tariffs, calling the administration's actions a "joke" that it no longer considers worthy of matching. The question now is whether President Xi Jinping will find a more potent weapon to strike back - such as its $760 billion worth of Treasury securities. We get her reaction to Bessent's comments.

Plus - a degree of calm returned to Wall Street, with stocks and bonds notching a twin rally after a tumultuous week in the grip of President Trump's disruptive trade war. We get reaction to the day's market action from Ross Mayfield, Investment Strategist at Baird.

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