Revealed: How a German-US corporate giant became the world’s largest foreign financier of Israel’s wars | Middle East Eye

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/revealed-how-german-us-corporate-giant-became-worlds-largest-foreign-financier-israels-wars

> Munich-based Allianz and California subsidiary have amassed at least $2.67bn in Israeli government bonds since 2024
> ...
> ...this is, overwhelmingly, an American story. US-domiciled money, managed by US firms, flowing into Israeli war bonds at an extraordinary pace.

#Israel #USA #Allianz #PIMCO #governmentBonds #humanRights #warCrimes

Worried About War’s Impact, Bond Investors Push Rates to Highest Level Since 2007

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/business/bond-market-iran-war-inflation.html

U.S. Debt Hits a Concerning Milestone, and Experts Say Trump’s Policies Could Worsen It

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/business/us-debt-trump-policies-budget.html

Why Stocks and Bonds Are Responding Differently to the Iran War

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/business/stocks-bonds-markets-iran-war.html

Kyrgyzstan’s Domestic Debt Rises Amid Strong Demand for Government Bonds

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://timesca.com/kyrgyzstans-domestic-debt-rises-amid-strong-demand-for-government-bonds/

This has got to have a bunch of the elites in banking, politics, and the rest of the corrupt moneyed establishment shaking in their boots, as they say.

https://europeanbusinessmagazine.com/business/iran-has-just-fired-the-most-dangerous-shot-of-this-war-and-it-wasnt-a-missile/

In short: the USA has enjoyed a privileged position since the end of WWII, because the #US #dollar has been the de-facto standard international #currency. Not just for trade, but as a reserve as well. Other countries buy US-issued government #bonds by the absolute truckload, and it lets the US spend far above its income without triggering the #hyperinflation you see when another country does that by printing money (see: Zimbabwe).

The foundation of that international currency choice is the oil trade. Pretty much every oil transaction between parties in different countries uses US dollars, hence the "petrodollar' name.

#Chinese yuan becoming an alternate global reserve and trading currency has been a worry for the US for some years now. Oil transactions happening in #yuan could make it happen in a big way.

And then the dominoes might start falling. I'd say "popcorn time", but the collateral damage to the US #economy collapsing will have huge consequences for us all.

#GovernmentBonds #USBonds #ReserveCurrency #USFederalReserve #USPol #Iran