The Big Picture: Federal Reserve Responsibilities Outsourced to China by Decius at 12:03 am EDT, Jul 22, 2005
What is not uncertain, however, is that our Current Account Deficit has granted a degree of control and authority to another sovereign nation over our own economy. The net results of that may be determined over the coming decade.
Buffett (who I've come to dislike inspite of my respect for him) warned of this in 2003. Bill Gross specifically predicted this for 2005.