Saturday, December 27, 2008

Chinese Savings Helped Inflate American Bubble

"In the past decade, China has invested upward of $1 trillion, mostly earnings from manufacturing exports, into American government bonds and government-backed mortgage debt. That has lowered interest rates and helped fuel a historic consumption binge and housing bubble in the United States."

Read the New York Times article by David Barboza and Keith Bradsher.

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