Opinion, reporting by Mathew Carr
June 13-16, 2025 — Shocking that the world — the UN — lets this happen over and over and over again.
Is it because the UN is captured by the US?
The people — nearly everyone on earth — suffer through increased fear, unnecessarily high energy prices (too-high prices for nearly EVERYTHING), and a fucked climate.
It’s time it stopped.
Brent crude surged another 8% today.
The gormless BBC World Service, Bloomberg etc still report oil price rises as an accidental result of war ….when war is USED by America to bring revenue and profit.
This time it used its proxy Israel.
That happened after Israel bombed Iran.
Now bully Trump is making demands.
The rigging of prices by OPEC is becoming less effective…..so instead the brutal Israel-US nexus rigs prices using violence.
The extortion will last about six months…according to the Brent crude futures market …with prices falling to about $70 a barrel by January from $75 in Aug 2025.
Yet other bullies are ganging up on chief bully Trump. See below.
The US oversaw regime change in Syria to give lucrative contracts to its telco AT&T and its oil group Chevron
The bad US behavior is not new.
US controlled 93% of the world’s heroin while in charge of Afghanistan (maybe Europe’s rather than the world’s?)
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Investor Ray Dalio points out the USA is at the end of its multi-decade dominance and knows it — that explains its slightly desperate behaviour
Notes
Chat Gpt on US debt unchecked:
There isn’t a record-breaking “debt rollover” happening this month in the sense of a dramatic refinancing event. But June is indeed a busy time for U.S. Treasury debt management. Here’s a breakdown:
🏦 What’s happening right now
1. Scheduled Treasury-rollovers in the Federal Reserve’s SOMA portfolio
The NY Fed normally caps monthly coupon rollovers—currently around $45 billion per month—reinvesting them proportionally mid- and end-of-month. Any excess maturities are redeemed instead of rolled over .
2. Huge maturing debt in 2025
Across 2025, a record‑high $9.2 trillion in Treasury debt will mature, with approximately 55–60% of that falling due before July—i.e., in late spring/early summer . That means very heavy rollover activity right now, though not a one-off “record” event.
🎯 This month’s key auctions
On June 10, $58 billion of 3‑year notes were auctioned—demand was solid, and yields held steady . On June 11–12, the Treasury auctioned: $39 billion in 10‑year notes (June 11) – demand remained robust. $22 billion in 30‑year bonds (June 12) – yields came in at ~4.84%, slightly below expectations, indicating strong investor appetite and helping to calm fears of waning demand .
This week’s auctions—totaling over $119 billion across 3-, 10-, and 30‑year maturities—have been under close scrutiny as key sentiment tests for U.S. fiscal health .
🧭 So… is there a record?
There’s no specific single-day or month-specific record for rollover or refinancing. But yes—a massive $9.2 trillion–plus maturity “wall” in 2025, with half of it due by July, means a historically high volume of debt is being refinanced RIGHT NOW. That scale is unusual, but it’s part of regularly scheduled auctions and Fed rollover operations, not a one-off event.
🔍 Bottom line
June is a critical rollover month, both in the sense of Fed carryover operations and massive debt maturing. The Treasury is actively refinancing through its auctions—but there’s no headline “this month set a new debt‑rollover record.” Still, given the scale of the rollover (billions per auction and hundreds of billions overall), it’s one of the odder, busiest rollover periods in recent memory.
Let me know if you’d like a breakdown of upcoming auction dates, how rollover caps work, or historical context on rollover volumes!
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