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US National Debt Surpasses $30 Trillion
Posted Feb 5, 2022 by Martin Armstrong
(Image: US national debt holdings as of 2018) Americaās debt surpassed the $30 trillion mark for the first time and there is no intention of paying it back. [...]
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Is it Our Time to Rock & Roll?
Posted Sep 13, 2019 by Martin Armstrong
QUESTION: Marty, Sometime you compare todayās financial markets and economy to what was going on in the mid to late 1920s . Woodrow Wilson is even referenced [...]
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Do We Really Borrow From Only Ourselves? Does the Debt/GDP Ratio Means Anything?
Posted Jun 15, 2018 by Martin Armstrong
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, the famous economistĀ Paul Krugman says that debt is ok when we owe it to ourselves. He calls it “deficit scolding” as he wrote [...]
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Sovereign Debts: How Defaults May Unfold
Posted Sep 18, 2015 by Martin Armstrong
In the Middle East, the banks are trying to convinceĀ the Gulf StatesĀ to begin issuing debt even if there is no need to borrow, simply so they have a market to [...]
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