Government Debt

Foreign investors are purchasing U.S. government debt at near-record levels, driving total foreign holdings to a staggering $9.3 trillion in January, even as structural cracks emerge in the broader bond market. Japan And Allies Drive The Surge Global demand for U.S. Treasuries saw a sharp uptick at...

Billionaire investor Ray Dalio has warned that the risks of mounting U.S. government debt were far greater than the credit rating agencies were conveying. What Happened: Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater Associates, took to X after the Moody’s downgrade and highlighted the concerns raised...

America’s increasing reliance on government debt has been labeled a “fatal flaw” by Ruchir Sharma, chair of Rockefeller International. He warns that this dependency is creating a massive economic bubble that is on the verge of bursting. What Happened: The “mother...

The Canadian government has announced several new tax increases in the latest budget released this week to cope with its debt. The country’s capital gains tax will spike to 67% for earnings surpassing $250,000 in the year. This establishes Canada as the nation with the world’s highest...

International Monetary Fund (IMF) deputy chief Gita Gopinath raised concerns about the United States’ burgeoning public debt, emphasizing the urgency of reducing the federal deficit from its current 7% of GDP. “The U.S. is running [a] very large deficit for a country with a strong...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised concerns about a small number of hedge funds that now hold significant control over the U.S. Treasury futures market. “A concentration of vulnerability has built up, as a handful of highly leveraged funds account for most of the short...

The IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook paints a promising picture of the U.S. economy, with strong growth and a stable job market, indicating the rising likelihood of a “soft landing” scenario whereby inflation declines in line with a muted output slowdown. However, the IMF...

The cost of managing U.S. government debt has seen a significant rise of 25% in the first nine months of the fiscal year, hitting $652 billion and consequently exacerbating the federal deficit. The federal deficit reached a staggering $1.39 trillion for the nine months through June, according to...

When cryptocurrencies first started gaining the attention of mainstream investors in early 2017, a number of crypto pundits were quick to claim that they could act as an effective hedge against inflation. Citing the limited token supply of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) as the chief...

Company news and the corresponding reaction in their stock price tend to dominate news headlines, while bond-related news often gets ignored. Perhaps now is the worst time ever to ignore the bond market and the signal that it is sending, at least according to the New York Times. New York Times...