As the debt bubble grows:Â US Gross National Debt to Spike by 800 Billion Dollars in October.
It is rather clear that we are spending beyond our means like a young college graduate with their first paycheck. Consumer debt continues to spin wildly out of control and the government continues to spend money that it does not have. This works until it doesn’t. Of course the usual debt ceiling slash political charade […]
What the heck? U.S. Public Debt up $518 billion in November alone: U.S. debt ceiling made of toilet paper.
You might remember that back in March, we hit our debt ceiling limit. The amount registering on the U.S. Treasury Department website was stuck at roughly $18.15 trillion. Of course given our addiction to spending and debt, we simply charged all new spending off the books. We as a country have a deeply rooted addiction […]
Central banks and a global soft default: Current interest payments on public debt now exceed $415 billion per year. In 2000 $1 trillion in Fed debt was held by foreigners while today it is up to $6 trillion.
Global central banks are fully addicted to the opiate of debt. The financial system has created a rentier class that chases investment yield even when the economy isn’t necessarily growing. Think about that for a second. Why should someone expect a guaranteed return at any point in an economic cycle if the real economy is […]
The US cannot avoid a soft default even if a hard default is avoided: Debt ceiling already breached and US Treasury operating in emergency mode while US is paying $415 billion in annual interest expenses.
All the talk has shifted from the government shutdown to the US actually defaulting on outstanding debts. The markets were in deep fear but the last couple of days rumors that the debt ceiling would be raised put the rocket boosters on the stock market. Of course, the majority of Americans have little money in […]