Browsing: Bonds
US debt competes with record corporate bond supply, pushing up the cost of federal borrowing
The AI capital expenditure boom has created a gusher of corporate debt, forcing the Treasury Department to make its bonds…
U.S. debt is like a Hallmark movie boyfriend who eventually gets dumped, budget watchdog warns
This rom-com formula is now a staple of holiday TV programming: a busy professional from the big city goes back…
Big Tech’s AI ‘hyperscalers’ are on a $1 trillion borrowing binge after years of printing cash
Almost every major capital spending boom during the past 200 years has ended in bankruptcies, consolidations, and tears—but also wins…
Jerome Powell has been a friendly neighbourhood Fed Chairman to the White House, despite the criticism and insults President Trump…
Social Security’s trust fund is nearing insolvency. The borrowing that may follow will reprice debt
The latest estimates from the Congressional Budget Office show that the Social Security trust will run out of money by…
US debt spiral could start in coming years when interest rate on borrowing tops GDP growth
Total federal debt is nearing an ominous milestone in a few years, but a potentially more troubling tipping point could…
This ‘mutually assured destruction’ threat helps prevent Japan from triggering a debt crisis for now
Recent tremors in the $7.3 trillion Japan government bond market have raised fears that a debt crisis is brewing in…
Trump thinks a weaker dollar is great, but the U.S. needs a stable currency as national debt heads toward $40 trillion, former Fed president says
President Donald Trump welcomed the dollar’s recent decline, but a former Federal Reserve president said the astronomical size of U.S.…
Many investors regard bonds as the frumpier cousins to stocks. Their prices rarely pop or plummet. They usually deliver a…
Debt war: US has ‘escalation dominance’ as Europe would face a violent crash if it dumps Treasuries
President Donald Trump retreated from this threat to impose tariffs on NATO allies in response to his plan to take…












