The most important principle to keep in mind when thinking about large government debts and deficits such as those that we have and that are coming is when countries have too much debt, lowering interest rates and devaluing the currency that the debt is denominated in is the preferred path government policy makers are likely to take. So it pays to bet on that happening. That means betting on a weaker currency and uh lower real interest rates are the best path.And the reason governments uh prefer to take tha ...

After a burst of drama in the House of Commons yesterday, UK gilt yields have eased for now. But in the long run, the Labour government faces making some hard choices - the question is whether it can make them stick. https://t.co/JzgLrU50PA ...

Wall Street dealers — until recently expecting US government debt auction sizes to resume growing next year — are going back to the drawing board after comments by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent this week https://t.co/YYvyxbsUHp ...

RT Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal)ELON NEVER WANTED AN EV MANDATE OR SUBSIDIESElon’s opposition to the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ has never been about its removal of EV tax credits or the EV mandate, it’s simply about his passionate opposition to rising government debt.He knew at the time he endorsed Trump that the mandates would be going, and he’s said repeatedly in the past that the EV subsidy should end:“If you eliminated all EV incentives tomorrow, Tesla's competitive position would improve significantly.I'll ...

We are now joined by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Betts. And just as the Senate has begun voting on what's known as the big, beautiful bill. You look at the latest version of the tax bill.The big question that remains is the GOP holdouts. What kind of deal can be cut with those holdouts. And what are you and the president prepared to offer for support.Well, I'm confident that the bill is going to progress, as is over the next few hours, and it'll be on the president's desk to sign on July 4th. So the Senat ...

Asia Insights Economics - Asia ex-Japan China: Credit growth remained steady in May despite disappointing loan growth New aggregate financing (AF) came in slightly below the market expectations, with outstanding AF growth unchanged. The downside surprise to consensus was aqain primarily driven by much weaker-than-expected new RMB loans, with the growth rate of outstanding loans dropping again and reaching another historical low. Again, we think the sharp slowdown in loan growth was mostly driven by the ongo ...

If this continues, America goes de facto bankrupt and all tax revenue will go to paying interest on the national debt with nothing left for anything else.Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav):How did we arrive at a point in this country where 25% of all tax revenue goes to just paying the interest in $37 trillion in govt debt?Annually:US govt total reveneue = about $5 trillionUS govt interest on debt = about $1.2 trillionUS govt spending = about $7 trillion https://t.co/d0te2sZ7is ...

I started buy gold since last year uh which I never bought before and I'm I'm more worried about the US government debt. The the debt US government debt is just so high. Now the interest payment the interest payment is close to 20% of the US government income and that's that's alarming that and uh just last week last weekend Warren Buffy said that this is not sustainable and we all know it's not s it's not sustainable and uh the US government current is not sustainable and how long it will last we don't kno ...

Are U.S. Treasuries losing their safe-haven appeal? On this episode of Market Sense, we discuss the recent selloff happening in long-term Treasurys and the ripple effect it can have on global markets. Plus, we’ll take a closer look at the current fiscal policy and what more government debt could mean for this already volatile market. Topics covered: • Bond market • Treasurys • Tariffs, taxes and government debt • Interest rates 02:25: Market Rally in May 004:47: Does May Rally have legs? 06:38: Bond market ...

51% OF VOTERS SAY THE ECONOMY IS STRONG TODAY, UP 5 POINTS FROM APRILVOTERS VIEW TRUMP'S IMMIGRATION POLICIES AS HIS BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT AND TARIFFS AS BIGGEST FAILURE IN FIRST 100 DAYS AS PRESIDENTMAJORITY OF VOTERS FAVOR TRUMP'S TRIP TO SAUDI ARABIANEW YORK and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) today released the results of the May Harvard CAPS / Harris poll, a monthly collaboration between the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard (CAPS) and the Harris Poll ...