High Government Debt Levels Are Here to Stay. Why It Matters.
An electronic billboard at a bus shelter in Washington, D.C., displays the national debt. It topped $32.3 trillion in early July, and $32.9 trillion on...
Gold futures settle at a 3-week high as U.S. economic data pressure the dollar and Treasury yields
Gold prices settled Tuesday at their highest in three weeks, as data showing declines in U.S. consumer confidence and job openings weakened both the dollar...
Why gold still has a shot to reach a record high this year
Investors tried and failed earlier this month to lift gold prices to a fresh record high and even the risk of a U.S. debt default...
World Leaders Warily Watch U.S. Debt-Limit Standoff
The impasse in Washington over raising the roughly $31.4 trillion borrowing limit is looming over a series of meetings of the Group of Seven advanced...
Shopping for Insurance Against a Debt-Ceiling Debacle? Buyer Beware: WSJ
Quirks in the market for credit-default swaps might distort the probability of the Treasury defaulting on U.S. government debt. Source link...
Ballooning National Debt Is a Rotten Legacy
William A. Galston writes the weekly Politics & Ideas column in the Wall Street Journal. He holds the Ezra K. Zilkha Chair in the Brookings...
Fed’s Inflation Fight Pushes Up Cost of U.S. Debt
Economy U.S. Economy Republicans and Democrats disagree on whether debt load is manageable Source link...
The Government Debt Threat Keeps Mounting: WSJ
If you thought the 2008 financial crisis was bad, wait until Washington has to stop borrowing. Source link...
Time Might Run Out on Japan’s Low-Rate Policy: WSJ
Weak currency pressures central bank to raise rates, but that would raise interest costs on massive debt… Source link...
Yield Curve Inversion Reaches New Extremes
The 10-year Treasury is yielding less than the 2-year note by the largest amount since the 1980s. This unusual relationship between yields reflects investors’ bets...