Bill Ackman says Treasury yields are going higher in a hurry, and that investors should shun U.S. government debt
Bill Ackman has had a good summer, with his bet on 30-year Treasury bonds paying off in dramatic fashion over the past few weeks. In...
Massive $2 Trillion Deficit Expected in Fiscal 2023
Washington faces a spending showdown, but the fiscal year ending this month brings a dire reality – a projected $1.7 trillion deficit, roughly $13,500 per...
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...
Washington's Fiscal Blowout: Interest on Federal Debt Has Hit 15.5% Of All Federal Debt
President Biden and Congress have set alarming records with their skyrocketing spending and deficits. In just the first 10 months of the fiscal year, the...
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...
Scrambling to Avoid Default, White House Weighs Debt-Limit Fallback Options
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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...