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Posts Tagged: “debt service“

September 18, 2026 ・Guest Commentaries

Trump Spending Pushes the Deficit to Its Highest Level Since COVID

Long-term Treasury yields are surging to levels not seen in decades, with the 10-year climbing above 4.9 percent and the 30-year above 5.3 percent, as investors brace for a flood of new government debt. Fiscal year 2026’s cumulative deficit has already reached $1.79 trillion, the largest outside the Covid era, while the national debt closes […]

June 26, 2025 ・Guest Commentaries

Trump Demands Fed Easing to Finance Even Larger Deficits

While it’s correct to criticize the Federal Reserve for inevitably bungling monetary policy, the Trump administration is wrong to criticize Jerome Powell and the FOMC for failing to cut rates. Printing money, contrary to President Trumps belief, is never the answer.