The Government is Stacking $1 Trillion of Debt Every 100 Days What is Really Going On? U.S. Dollar Down 40% Since 2000 – Gold Up 700% The current Administration’s Neck-Breaking Spending Spree has no end in sight! The U.S. national debt has ominously soared and is shattering records with each passing quarter. Since Spring 2023, […]
Spotify cut 1,500 jobs – or around 17% of its employees – on Monday. CEO Daniel Ek pointed to higher debt-refinancing costs as one factor driving the layoffs. It’s a reminder of the debt-market time bomb looming for many companies, with interest rates having surged in recent years. As many as 561 US companies had
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The billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, flagged America’s record $33 trillion of debt as “risky.” Ray Dalio is worried about America’s borrowing binge and economic growth cooling. The billionaire investor warned of a “debt crisis” and a “meaningful slowing of the economy.” Dalio has previously flagged interest rates, civil unrest,
Fed economists just rang the alarm on the historic percentage of distressed US companies. Around 37% of firms are in major trouble, which could worsen the fallout from the Fed’s rate hikes. Investment, employment, and economic activity could all take a significant hit, researchers said. (Markets Insider) Federal Reserve economists just said a historic surge
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Bank-sector stress makes a stagflationary debt crisis more likely and potentially more severe. Higher inflation would lead to higher bond yields, which in turn would hurt stocks as the discount factor for dividends rose. But, at the same time, higher yields on “safe” bonds would imply a fall in their price, too, owing to the
