Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Fiscal Problems Facing America

How the U.S. Government Borrows to Fund Its Massive Budget Shortfall
https://www.wsj.com/finance/federal-government-debt-deficit-charts-3289eff8
Growing federal debt is threatening to drive up borrowing costs for Americans.
 
8 key moments that show how national debt grew to $36 trillion
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2025/national-debt-36-trillion/
 
GOP can’t agree whether Trump’s bill would shrink or grow deficit
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/11/deficit-big-bill-republicans/
President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson say their tax-and-spending bill will slash the deficit. A growing number of their Republican colleagues disagree.
 
The Republican Budget Bill Is a Fiscal Mirage
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-11/gop-budget-bill-is-a-fiscal-mirage
Three risks undescore how the legislation winding its way through Congress threatens to accelerate America’s debt crisis. 

A bond market meltdown might be inevitable by VIVEKANAND JAYAKUMAR, The Hill 06/07/25
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/5336348-us-fiscal-sustainability-at-risk/

Four Reasons Why US Treasury Yields Are Rising
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/rising-treasury-yields-reflect-loss-of-confidence-in-us-economic-policy-by-dambisa-moyo-2025-06
Investor confidence in US economic policy is eroding amid rising public debt, fiscal dysfunction, and escalating geopolitical tensions. As faith in America’s economic leadership fades, the longstanding status of Treasuries and the dollar as the world’s leading safe-haven assets is increasingly in doubt. 


Explaining the national debt, how we got here and what it means for future generations
https://youtu.be/T2iOtFK0dtA?si=bbjRgV_LqPtuTjy8&t=22