BRICS’ $10B Treasury Exodus: What’s the Real Story?

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BRICS’ $10B Treasury Exodus: What’s the Real Story?


In a most unexpected turn of events, two stalwart members of the BRICS alliance-China and India-have cast their gaze away from the glittering allure of U.S. treasuries, their collective departure amounting to a sum of ten thousand three hundred million dollars in a single month. A curious decision, one might say, akin to a man discarding his coat on a frosty evening, only to later lament the chill.

According to the Treasury International Capital system, these two nations, in their wisdom, have offloaded bonds worth a staggering $10.3 billion, a gesture that might be interpreted as either a warning or a whim. China, ever the pragmatist, shed $6.1 billion in November, a reduction of 11.2% year over year. One might wonder if the Middle Kingdom has grown weary of its old, familiar partner-or perhaps it has simply found a more agreeable dance partner in the global financial waltz.

India, too, has taken a step back, reducing its holdings by $4.2 billion in the same month. A 20% drop in its treasury portfolio, a figure that would make even the most stoic economist raise an eyebrow. Is this a sign of growing distrust, or merely a strategic retreat? The answer, as ever, lies buried in the labyrinth of geopolitics.

Yet this exodus coincides with a tale as peculiar as it is unsettling: a Denmark-based pension fund, that most prudent of institutions, has resolved to divest its holdings of U.S. government paper. The reason? America’s threats to annex Greenland, a Danish territory. One might imagine the Danish pension fund’s directors huddled in a candlelit room, murmuring, “We must flee this madness!”

The fund, AkademikerPension, plans to sell a mere $100 million in treasuries-a pittance, one might argue, yet sufficient to ruffle the feathers of even the most complacent of officials. At Davos, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dismissed the matter with a wave of his hand, declaring, “Denmark’s investment in U.S. Treasury bonds-like Denmark itself-is irrelevant. It is less than $100 million. They’ve been selling Treasuries. They have for years. I’m not concerned at all.”

A sentiment as comforting as a cold cup of tea on a winter’s night. Yet one cannot help but wonder: when the last of the faithful abandon the ship, will the captain still sing the same tune?


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2026-01-22 22:31