French Troubles Are Italy’s Gains with Rome Supplanting Paris in Investment Appeal
Analysts around the world are remarking how Italy has passed the ball as the Eurozone’s most troubled large economy…
Tag: Debt
Higher Yields, Shortened Average Maturity, New Buyers: Realities of the Bond Market’s New Beat
Long-dated US Treasuries closed the week with yields higher than before Secretary Scott Bessent attempted to drive them down…
08/26 End of the Empire: America at 40 (Trillion)
Given that data from the US Treasury Dept. on debt is released one day late, Wednesday saw a multitude…
Interest Payments on the National Debt up 13% Year-over-year with Still 3 Months to Go
With a trimester left of the 2026 fiscal year, the US Treasury has already borrowed more money than in…
What Do a Firm Fed and a Yippie Yen Mean for Gold?
A sell-on-the-trumpets rally in gold following a firmer agreement of peace between Iran and the US and an opening…
Record Debt Levels are Everywhere – Auto Loans, Credit Cards, Public Finance, Private Credit
Debt of all kinds in the US is reaching levels that seem impossible to manage to any normal set…
China Sets Lowest Growth Target Since 1991 Amid Shocks-Aims for ‘Iron’ Debt Control Measures
Beijing’s ruling Communist Party has set an honest and low growth rate expectation for 2026 that its chief officials…
Will Bad News Continue to Be Good News for US Equities?
For the majority of Joe Biden’s Presidency, interest rates remained higher than historically normal. This had the funny effect…
Will Trump’s Pick of Warsh for Fed Chairman Curtail or Accelerate the ‘Sell America’ Trade?
This is part 2 of a 2-part series on the so-called Sell America trade. You can read part 1…
What Is the ‘Sell America’ Trade, and What Does it Mean for Trump’s Econ Agenda?
This is Part 1 of a 2-part series on the so-called Sell America Trade. When President Donald Trump…
01/26 End of the Empire: Trump’s Trade Wars Accelerate De-Dollarization Amid US Debt Rollover
End of the Empire is a once-monthly feature on all news relating to the transition from the unipolar world of…
100% Debt-to-GDP Threshold Crossed by Many Eurozone Economies, Including Some of the Largest
3 of the 5 largest economies in the Eurozone are currently carrying national debts at 100% or more of…
Doubling of Gold Price Over 5 Years Sees Global National Reserves Hit $4.8 Trillion in October
On October 7th, gold prices hit $3,977 per troy ounce, some 100% from where the price sat five years…
July Tariff Revenues Generate a Meager One-Fourth of Deficit Spending Increase
Despite year-over-year revenue from import duties growing 252% compared to July of last year, government inlays were dwarfed by…
Trump Tariffs Present as Boon to Budgets and Burden to Buyers
The Trump reciprocal tariff regime could reduce the Federal budget deficit by $2.8 trillion over the next 10 years…
Trump’s Fiscal Rhetoric Fails at First Hurdle, Endorses Huge Debt and Deficit Increases
Not a month ago, Wal reported that Trump had dismantled USAID, the $42 billion soft-power arm of the CIA and Pentagon,…
US Debt Per Citizen Grows 10% Faster Than the Population Since 2008
Financial analysts have looked at the growth rate in the share of the national debt per citizen and found…
After 100 Days of ‘Shock Therapy’ Milei Retains Robust Support Even from Struggling Argentines
The “first 100 days” is used as a political measuring stick around the world to gauge the progress of…
11/01 End of the Empire: The End of the Empire Could Look Like This—plus Other News
End of the Empire is a twice-monthly feature on all news relating to the transition from the unipolar world…
Record-High GDP Print Disguises Sorry State of US Economy as a Half-Dozen Recession Indicators Continue Flashing
News reports hailed the recent third-quarter advance estimate for GDP of 4.9% as a sign of the “resilience” of…