…contribute that much more to total Public Debt (Intragovernmental Holdings combined with Debt Held by the Public) each year. For example you can say all we ‘really’ owe to Social…

…The January 2011 UK inflation rate was 4% Y/Y (3.2% in November on a harmonized basis) and near-double that in the Eurozone, 2.4% according to the flash estimate. Furthermore, the…

…in Europe and Japan are bleaker. Investment in the Eurozone, where the unemployment rate is 10.1%., remains below its pre-crisis peak. Japan also sees weak investment that contributes to its…

…governments do not cast doubt on the pledge to honor their debts – which is why, if reason prevailed, the debt ceiling would simply be scrapped.” Yet instead of endorsing…

…shares. OK this is close to 1. Preferred shares are not debt. The whole key to TARP was that preferred shares are not debt. Government agencies can issue preferred shares…

Barkley Rosser at Econospeak points us to a portion of the nature of debt and borrowing, federal debt, and financing: Can Borrowing From Abroad Avoid The Debt Ceiling? No, but…

…Debt that was borrowed from “the public.” How long that takes to bring the Debt down to a “sustainable level” depends on other spending. The other thing is that it…

spencer National debt now exceeds 10 trillion dollars The national debt is now too big for the national debt clock. Way to go Team Bush. Actually, this just demonstrates that…

Bureau of Public Debt is something I missed in the news. If you would like to help reduce the national debt, make your check payable to the Bureau of the…

…Report of the President 2004 reports Federal debt as a percent of GDP: both total debt and debt held by the public. Since the latter is robbing the lockbox, let’s…