The US National Debt in Perspective
The United States government’s national debt stands today at an astronomical $226 trillion Everyone knows that’s a huge amount of money, but the sum is so large that it just boggles the mind and...
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The United States government’s national debt stands today at an astronomical $226 trillion Everyone knows that’s a huge amount of money, but the sum is so large that it just boggles the mind and...
One of the signs that many market analysts look for to evaluate the chances of recession is an inverted yield curve The yield curve is created by graphing the interest rates of Treasury securities...
One of the frustrating things to those who know that a stock market crash is coming has been the recent behavior of stock markets All signs are pointing to an economic slowdown just around the...
Debt issuance has always been pretty straightforward A borrower issues bonds that pay interest to entice lenders to part with their money for a period of time The longer the term of the bond or the...
The policymakers at the Federal Reserve, and at most central banks for that matter, have a horrible track record when it comes to figuring out when an economy is in a bubble By the time they realize...
By now most people are aware that one of the major factors behind increasing gold demand around the world is increased demand from governments and central banks Rather than being net sellers of gold...
To hear the financial media tell it, the US economy is going great There are more job openings than unemployed people, companies are falling all over themselves trying to find workers, and the future...
You may have heard about Bernie Sanders’ latest idea to raise money As part of his campaign for President he is floating the idea of taxing various financial transactions in order to raise money...
The universal response of central banks around the world to the financial crisis was to create more money Trillions of dollars worth of new money was created by the Federal Reserve System to respond...
How much money does the US government owe If you answered $22 trillion, you’re right… but only partially so The national debt is hovering at around $22 trillion, a staggering figure of itself,...
If you’ve read Federal Reserve press releases over the past decade, one thing that the Fed constantly drones on about is how low inflation is The Fed wants to target a 2% annual inflation rate and...
https://youtube/UFVkhFeu9Q0si=SxzOpNdDh8qkuMgj The United States economy is currently faced with a debt bubble of epic proportions But the most insidious thing about it may not be just its size,...
Judging by the behavior of politicians in Washington you would think that the United States is a country ascendant, with decades of rapid growth ahead of it and ready to take its place on the world...
After a January jobs report that saw over 300,000 jobs added to the economy, most economists expected a milder February, with consensus estimates expecting about 180,000 new jobs It came as a huge...
One of the common complaints we hear about American society today is that nobody wants to work hard for anything Everyone wants to be able to get a six-figure job without having to have any talent or...
For decades the United States has benefited from the dollar being the world’s reserve currency That has allowed the Federal Reserve System to inflate the money supply and the federal government to...
After threats to establish its own alternative system to enable trade with Iran failed to move the United States government, the European Union went ahead with its plans to operate a “special...