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Hannon’s Take: U.S. Government Debt Is A Growing Concern
The Wall Street Journal· 1 day agoThe changing outlook for the Federal Reserve’s key interest rate has been a preoccupation for many...
‘The Age of Reconstruction’ Review: A Global Emancipation
The Wall Street Journal· 3 hours agoBOOKSHELF Historians generally treat Reconstruction as an era whose aspiration, drama and importance...
Japan has ways to avoid a sovereign debt crunch
Reuters· 7 hours agoAs interest rates rise, investors are once again fretting about the sustainability of government debt across the developed world. Financial crises,...
Former NC gov: To trim US debt, spread the tax pain. We must all feel it. | Opinion
Durham Herald-Sun via Yahoo Finance· 2 days agoCount state and local government along with corporate and personal debt, and we’re sitting on a...
Congress is already bracing for a 2025 fiscal pileup
Politico via Yahoo Finance· 4 days agoThose measures would only temporarily stave off a default on the nation’s debt — a cataclysmic scenario that has never happened, but the U.S< ...
Opinion: A value-added tax is one solution to the crippling debt problem
CNBC· 2 days agoThe U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., is seen on a cloudy and foggy morning, March 6, 2024. Interest...
Democrats declare ‘Illinois is on the right track’ as Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs $53.1 billion budget
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 days agoCHICAGO — Fending off critics of the largest budget in Illinois history, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said the...
Trump plans to claim sweeping powers to cancel federal spending
Washington Post· 8 hours agoDonald Trump is vowing to wrest key spending powers from Congress if elected this November,...
Chicago Fed Warns of 'Fire Sale' Risk After Insurers Load Up on Private Debt
The Wall Street Journal· 4 days agoU.S. life insurers are piling into higher-returning but illiquid and opaque privately placed debt,...
Jaime Dimon is worried about private credit. Here’s a look at the fast growing Wall Street business...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 7 days agoS. BlackRock, meanwhile, expects the global private debt market to hit $3.5 trillion in AUM by the...