China and Japan Just Dumped Billions of DollarsBy Joshua Krause However, recent signs suggest that the dollars rally may be coming to an end. Among them, is the fact that China and Japan, the worlds two largest holders of U.S. Treasury Debt, have just dumped a ton of dollars. November marked a record month for China in terms of the pace of its liquidation of foreign exchange reserves. The Peoples Bank of China reported on Monday, December 7 that foreign exchange reserves, which mostly consist of U.S. Treasury debt, dwindled by another $87 billion in November. This constitutes a stunning 2.5% drop in one month. Since peaking at $3.99 trillion in June 2014, Chinas central bank has sold off more than half a trillion dollars of (mostly) U.S. treasuries, accounting for 14% of its entire stockpile. At this rate Chinas foreign exchange holdings will be liquidated within nine years. While there is no reason to assume the current rate will continue for that long, it does illustrate how fast the debt and currency markets are moving, hinting at possible instability ahead. Right behind the largest U.S. Treasury holder is the second largest, Japan. Japans Ministry of Finance also reported a sharp drop in its own foreign exchange reserves in November, likewise also mostly U.S. Treasuries. Japans stockpile is now $1.233 trillion, down from $1.244 trillion last month for a drop of 1%. Since peaking, Japans hoard has dwindled by 6%, and the decline has so far lasted four years. While the percentages are small, the dollar amounts appear much larger than previous treasury dumps. This suggests that there is a growing urgency to ditch the dollar. And earlier today, the value of the dollar reached its lowest level since early November. That may not sound like much, but when you see the charts, its obvious that the dollars value isnt just falling. Its descent is rapidly accelerating. Even the Euro managed to climb to a month high against the dollar, and all across the board, the currencies for other major economies have also been nipping at the heels of the dollar. The ICE U.S. Dollar index a measure of the dollars strength against a basket of six currencies mostly comprising the euro, was down 1.1% to 97.720, its lowest level since Nov. 4, according to FactSet. Elsewhere, the dollar weakened to 121.3620 late Wednesday, its lowest level since Nov. 4, compared with 123.00 late Tuesday in New York. The British pound rose to $1.5184 late Wednesday, compared with $1.5011 Tuesday, as investors bought pounds ahead of Thursdays Bank of England policy meeting. The Peoples Bank of China pushed Chinese yuan traded in the onshore market to a four-year low by setting its daily reference rate for the currency at its lowest level since August 2011. The currency, also known as the renminbi, traded at as low as 6.423 to the dollar, compared with 6.419 Tuesday. The only real exception was the South African rand, which fell in value after their government fired its finance minister. Other than that, our currency has been getting pummeled on all fronts. Its hard to say if this is going to be the big one. The dollar has had hiccups before over the past few years, and has always managed to recover and climb. Will this be its last hurrah? Joshua Krause is a reporter, writer and researcher at The Daily Sheeple. He was born and raised in the Bay Area and is a freelance writer and author. You can follow Joshuas reports at Facebook or on his personal Twitter. Joshuas website is Strange Danger. It is time the world dumped the US dollar so that it can find its real value which is zero. Having the US dollar as the world reserve currency backed up only by Saudi oil and computer fraud is not healthy. When the world dumps the dollar the US will just collapse. The USA has everything it needs to become solvent but chooses instead to become the most indebted entity ever seen on earth. The USA now has $210trillion of unfunded liabilities which is about 4 times the GDP of the entire world. It is rather scary to realize this cannot continue and the hatred the rest of the world has for the USA will only increase. Faith/Fear backed U.S. Dollar? Now the Russian/Chinese empire has just had the IMF recognize its flagship currency, the Chinese Yuan, halving the influence of the U.S. Dollar as currency for international trade? Euro seeks refuge? Will the Yuan or a BRICS unit for tade replace the U.S. Dollar and the Euro? all zentral dollars need to go away. 1 John 4:8 All things are possible with Love. IT NEVER FAILS. All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts and made up of our thoughts. If a man speak or act with an evil thought, suffering follows him as the wheel follows the hoof of the beast that draws the wagon. If a man speak or act with a good thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him. 