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(123,472 posts) Tue Oct 7, 2025, 02:13 PM Tuesday

France Collapsing - Joe Blogs

France’s latest government collapsed in under a day. With seven prime ministers in eight years, debt near 115% of GDP, and a deficit close to 6%, investors are asking: is a French bond crisis brewing? In this video I explain the political gridlock, the ratings pressure, and what the spike in Bond yields means for France and Europe.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:12 STRUCTURE
2:19 PM'S
4:23 DEBT
5:07 YIELDS
6:42 G20
8:20 SUMMARY & CONCLUSION

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France Collapsing - Joe Blogs (Original Post) TexasTowelie Tuesday OP

Worse than the U.S.? Bayard Tuesday #1

US debt and deficit are far worse Diraven Tuesday #2

As long as the dollar was the go to currency we had no problem financing our debt questionseverything Tuesday #3

Bayard

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1. Worse than the U.S.?

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Tue Oct 7, 2025, 02:33 PM

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Diraven

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2. US debt and deficit are far worse

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Tue Oct 7, 2025, 02:34 PM

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US debt is 130% of GDP, and the deficit is 6% of GDP or 27% of the budget. But somehow no one ever worries about us having a bond crisis.

questionseverything

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3. As long as the dollar was the go to currency we had no problem financing our debt

Reply to Diraven (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 7, 2025, 04:08 PM

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*rump is working hard on devaluing our dollar (it lost nearly 10% of its value last year), so if nothing changes we will be in the same boat but it won’t just affect us, the whole world will suffer as a new pecking order is developed

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