Browsing: U.S. debt
There’s a ‘buyer’s strike’ on U.S. assets as foreign investors can’t stomach huge deficits anymore, analyst warns
Tepid demand for a 20-year bond auction sent Treasury yields spiking and the dollar tumbling this past week, amid mounting…
Uncle Sam’s biggest creditor faces a fiscal crisis ‘worse than Greece’ as its borrowing costs hit 20-year high
Japan, the single largest foreign financier of the U.S. federal government, faces its own mountain of debt just as its…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told US lawmakers that his department’s ability to use special accounting maneuvers to stay within the…
As US debt hits $36 trillion, about 1 in 5 dollars the government spends repays investors for borrowed money
Donald Trump has big plans for the economy — and a big debt problem that will be a hurdle to delivering on them.…
The US government’s debt load is now seen as the biggest risk to financial stability, outweighing persistent inflation in a…
In this election cycle, ‘bond vigilantes’ are voting too—and they don’t like what they see
Suburban moms, crypto bros, and Swifties aren’t the only voters making their presence felt this election season. Bond investors are…
Even before global finance chiefs fly into Washington over the next few days, they’ve been urged in advance by the…
Backed by the full faith and credit of the federal government, U.S. Treasuries bonds have long been viewed as the…
Fed rate cuts were supposed to help ease U.S. debt costs, but it’s not looking good so far
The start of the Federal Reserve’s rate cuts last month was expected to bring bond yields down—and take some pressure…
Nassim Taleb, who wrote the book The Black Swan about unpredictable events, is worried about the role of the U.S.…












