Where Do Countries Get US Dollars From? #wallstreet #investing

Ajouté : 2026-05-16

[00:00:00]So, they need dollars.

[00:00:01]Now, I've got a question. Where do foreign governments and central banks get dollars from when they need them really fast?

[00:00:09]The answer is their dollar assets, [music] right?

[00:00:12]Their US stocks, US bonds, their US treasuries.

[00:00:15]They have to sell them.

[00:00:17]And that's already happening.

[00:00:19]Foreign central bank holdings of US treasuries at the New York Fed just went down to the lowest level since 2012.

[00:00:25][music] In 4 weeks, tens of billions of dollars are gone.

[00:00:30]And that's just the beginning because it'll probably get worse.

[00:00:33]Why is it going to get worse?

[00:00:35]It's going to get