3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (215+ words) Peter opens by taking aim at the endless parade of economic statistics that dominate headlines and move markets, despite being unreliable at best: From there, Peter turns to Trump’s obsession with low interest rates, unpacking why the president’s nostalgia for…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (477+ words) The US Treasury has doubled the size of its buyback operations for longer-term government securities from $2 billion to at least $4 billion per operation after long-term yields surged to levels not seen in nearly two decades. They will call this “liquidity…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (945+ words) The size of the national debt officially crossed the 40 trillion dollar threshold on Tuesday… The U.S. national debt has surpassed $40 trillion for the first time, marking a historic milestone in a borrowing buildup that has accumulated over generations, through wars,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (377+ words) 1It took around two hundred years for US government debt to reach one trillion dollars. By contrast, in less than half a year a trillion was added to bring the debt total to the 40 trillion dollars it reached last week. According…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (183+ words) —– Writes Zero Hedge: In the coming hours, the Trump administration is expected to unveil a sweeping campaign to economically isolate Iran and its trading partners, with China likely the primary target. The escalation is designed to force Tehran back to…...