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Tag: Soveriegn Debt Crisis

France Is Discovering That Creditors Have a Choice

Spain’s 10-year borrowing cost is now approximately 75 basis points below France’s. During the 2012 European debt crisis, it was around 500 basis points above....

Bessent Tells Japan to Do What Washington Refuses to Do

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is now pressuring Japan to rein in government spending and restore credibility with the bond market as Japanese yields surge....

The Treasury Is Now Supporting Its Own Debt Market

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...

US Debt Exceeds 100% of GDP for the first time since World War II

The United States has crossed a milestone that Washington has spent decades pretending would never arrive. Federal debt held by the public has now exceeded 100% of...

Turkey’s Treasury Dump

Turkey did not sell off its US Treasury holdings because Erdogan suddenly discovered some brilliant new economic strategy. This is what governments do when the...

Why Some Economies Are Growing While Others Collapse in Real-Time

There is a pattern within the cost of living series based on a series of factors that directly contribute to the overall economic health of a population. What we...

Europe Explores Wealth Taxes, Capital Taxes, and Exit Taxes

  The European Commission has now openly published a two-volume study examining “net wealth taxes,” “capital taxes,” and perhaps most alarming of all,...

Danish Pension Fund Divests $100 M in US Treasuries

A Danish pension fund, AkademikerPension, is reportedly divesting its US Treasury holdings to the tune of $100 million. Anders Schelde, AkademikerPension’s...

The US State Heavily Invested in Israeli War Bonds

In the United States, local governments and states often use their own budgets to purchase investment vehicles. States are permitted to invest in foreign bonds,...

Security Guarantees for Ukraine – EU Prepares to Enter War

Peace talks are a moot point between Russia and Ukraine. Security guarantees for Ukraine have been at the forefront of Ukraine’s discussions but they are actually...