…Just be sure to bring your headache medication of choice. Because a closer look at Debt to the Penny shows that Treasury tracks two different debt categories: Debt held by…

…first time in our entire history.’”  How to end the debt ceiling stand-off democratically:  set fiscal policy through elections, not hostage taking, Angry Bear, Eric Kramer Deficits, Debt, Debt Subject…

…older than T bonds – so payments to old bonds are (total payments)(amount owed on old bonds)/(total amount owed). The remaining payments must first go to new senior bonds and…

…consisted of foreign exchange reserves, held in the form of U.S. Treasury bonds, and other debt holdings. This profile is known as “long debt, short equity,” and differed from the…

…credited to various Trust Funds and shows up as an increase in Debt. But mostly not as an expenditure. Two, a good deal of debt service on the Debt Held…

By Rebecca Wilder Worries About Italy: Growth and Politics< Current bond market pricing implies a 6.17% yield on a 10-yr Italian government bond, or 430 basis points (%/100) over a…

There is still a lot of talk about the bond bubble with so many people expressing their opinions about bond yields being too low. Maybe. But I thought it might…

Bond markets are pricing in rate hikes this year by the ECB and the BoE. Both are inflation targeters, so which one should react first to a possible spike in…

…bailout is across the news wires. From the WSJ: Germany is considering a plan with its European Union partners to offer Greece and other troubled euro-zone members loan guarantees in…

…grads with student loan debt no longer surpass those without student loan debt and at best are at the same level as those without student loan debt. Student loan debt…