Currency debasement is back in focus for investors: The word "debasement" appeared in 1,533 Bloomberg articles last week, the highest weekly count since January 2026. This was also the 3rd-highest number of weekly mentions on record. This figure more than doubled from the prior week and surged +750% in 2 weeks. By comparison, the weekly record in January 2026 was ~1,680 mentions. The surge comes as investors are increasingly moving toward gold and Bitcoin amid US Treasury intervention in the bond market. Own assets or be left behind.

Currency strategists at Citigroup turned bearish on the US dollar in the near term, as markets gear up for a less hawkish Federal Reserve, midterm elections and more debt buybacks from the US Treasury

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