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Why buy US Treasuries in deflation?

Great post!

What I don't understand about the deflation scenario is why US Treasuries should be a good investment. In deflation, debt kills you, right? And US Government has more debt than anyone else, as far as I know.

So how could anyone expect the US Government to be able to collect enough tax revenues to pay for its debt in a deflationary economy? Where is the money gonna come from if US trading partners don't have any surplus dollars from exporting to USA?

Submitted by Reader in Stockholm (not verified) on Wed, 2008/09/10 - 4:21am » 

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