US debt – GLOBAL MACRO INSIGHTS

Bond Vigilantes Make Their Return – and This Time, They’re Staring Down Trump’s Trillion-Dollar Fantasy

On the world’s largest bond market, investors are quietly — and not so quietly — revolting against President Donald Trump’s grand tax-cut plan. In what...

The Fed’s Last Stand: When Politics Hijack Monetary Policy

For the better part of the past few decades, the spectre of “fiscal dominance” has remained largely confined to the ivory towers of academia—at least...

America’s Debt Time Bomb

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has once again sounded the alarm, warning that the federal government might run out of money to pay all its...

The Dollar’s 2025 Paradox: Trump’s Inflationary Boom or a Looming Catastrophe?

If history has taught us anything, economic fundamentals eventually catch up with political bravado. As we move deeper into 2025, the U.S. dollar remains a...

The New US Budget Playbook: Tax Cuts, Debt, and Denial

As Congress wrestles with another monumental budget resolution, the Republican Party—historically the self-proclaimed guardians of fiscal responsibility—finds itself in a somewhat awkward silence. The latest...

Trump’s Fiscal Hokey Cokey: Freeze, Unfreeze, Repeat

In yet another dazzling display of governance-by-chaos, President Donald Trump has swiftly reversed his decision to freeze federal funding just two days after issuing the...

The Treasury Market’s Ticking Time Bomb: a Systematic Risk in 2025

As US debt balloons to unprecedented levels, the allure of being a Treasury market gatekeeper is rapidly fading, leaving some wondering whether the pipes can...

The Ballooning Cost of U.S.U.S. Debt: A Financial Ticking Time Bomb

The cost of servicing America’s debt has soared to its highest level since the 1990s, raising the spectre of budget concerns limiting the next Washington...

The risk of a government shutdown in the United States persists

A shutdown would threaten a downgrade in the United States’ credit rating by Moody’s Investors Service, which cited political dysfunction as a growing social risk....

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