NEW YORK – The ongoing political stalemate in the United States holds two major implications for the international monetary system. The better-known consequence has been deepening uncertainty about the US dollar, the main global reserve currency, and US Treasury securities, supposedly the world’s “safest” financial asset.
纽约—美国没完没了的政治僵局给国际货币体系带来了两大影响。为人所熟知的后果是深化了主要全球储备货币——美元和号称世界“最安全”金融资产的美国国债的不确定性。毫不奇怪，美国国债的主要投资者中国和日本纷纷拉响警报。简言之，全球经济的核心占据着一个无法正常运转的政治机制，这套机制时不时发出世界主要储备资产违约的风险。