~2/3rds of the “debt held by the public” is owned by US investors but it’s even higher when you consider the “intergovernmental transfers” part of the debt where it’s owned by agencies like social security and medicare
1. Debt payments are sustainableThat is why the average yankees will go bankrupt as the US economy goes bankrupt.
The forecast was lifted from the CBO for the U.S. and in China, was based on the tax cuts and large fiscal expansions (pensions, education, etc) that China has forthcoming as well as China’s slowing growth.
The graph is comparing US public debt with China suppose total debt. US total debt is closer to 400%.China’s fiscal trajectory is far more unsustainable than the U.S.’ fiscal trajectory
the interest payments especially are a soon to be moot point since rate cuts are coming and the main drivers of debt - social security and Medicare, are of limited macroeconomic importance (it will just require a headline grabbing event to make Congress move)
The forecast was lifted from the CBO for the U.S. and in China, was based on the tax cuts and large fiscal expansions (pensions, education, etc) that China has forthcoming as well as China’s slowing growth.
The graph is comparing US public debt with China suppose total debt. US total debt is closer to 400%.
China national debt is 86%? Household debt is 60%? Private debt is the rest? add all that and you get the total debt.As a principal, I dismiss any chart that goes to 2053.
Pretty sure it's comparing public debt with China's government (central + local) debts.
Does the American one include state and municipal debt?As a principal, I dismiss any chart that goes to 2053.
Pretty sure it's comparing public debt with China's government (central + local) debts.
Stop feeding trollsThat is why the average yankees will go bankrupt as the US economy goes bankrupt.