> unless you just assume all international finance is a US issue

Why wouldn't you? 2008's collapse of the US housing market caused a global recession. It's the single largest economy on the planet.

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kasey_junk 9 hours ago | parent [-]

Because the US does not control other countries fiscal policy which is where government debt rates come from. Germany and the UK have entirely different ways to determine fiscal and currency policy from each other, not to mention from the US.

If there is correlation between those things it’s either by choice (the German people tieing their government to the US) or it’s demographic.

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ceejayoz 9 hours ago | parent [-]

> Because the US does not control other countries fiscal policy…

I can't even begin to imagine how someone says this with a straight face.

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kasey_junk 8 hours ago | parent [-]

Because I don’t assume lack of agency in the rest of the world? You’ll note I put that in my original comment.

	▲	ceejayoz 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> Because I don’t assume lack of agency in the rest of the world? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/us/politics/how-marco-rub... "The secretary of state effectively controls Venezuela’s finances, the distribution of its natural resources and its government. His grip on the country is a vivid manifestation of American power in the Trump era." This is but one of many examples of the broad reach of American control over other countries' policies.