…the US Federal Government can inflate away the present value of payments on long term bonds. Losses to investors can be the same if a bond which pays cents on…

…Donald Trump–simply by dint of the fact that I know that government finances its debt through the issuance of bonds and similar instruments, and that I know what a bond…

Alan Collinge of the Student Loan Justice Org. has a petition promoting the cancellation of Student Loan Debt. When Angry Bear ran (April 1) his commentary on Student Loan Debt…

…on debt, due to tiny changes in both revenues and spending. 5. Democratic presidents are the only ones to reduce the debt — and they do so in a big…

…debt ceiling matter is so susceptible of misrepresentation that “raising the debt ceiling” means increasing budget appropriations, when actually it means making available enough money to pay bills already accrued…

…to the real economy. • The stock of outstanding private debt is proportionally much bigger relative to government debt. Ditto the issuance and retirement of private debt relative to government…

From December 29, 2005: Snow urges Congress to raise debt limit U.S. Treasury Secretary “The administration now projects that the statutory debt limit, currently $8.184 trillion, will be reached in…

…[government] debt will plummet if interest rates rise… we could buy back long-term debt issued today at interest rates of less than 2.0 percent for discounts of 30-40 percent. This…

…to sovereign debt crises and reviewed the framework for debt restructuring. Its review found that “debt restructurings have often been too little and too late, thus failing to re-establish debt…

…all Treasury Bills, Notes and Bonds whether Regular or Special are counted as part of Public Debt. That is when you hear that that the U.S. in $19 trillion in…