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Global Debt Levels Are a Ticking Time Bomb

Leave a Comment / Economic Trends / By Daniel Lacalle

The relentless increase in global debt is an enormous problem for the economy. Public deficits are neither reserves for the private sector nor a tool for growth. Bloated public debt is a burden on the economy, making productivity stall, raising taxes, and crowding out financing for the private sector. With each passing year, the global debt figure climbs higher, the burdens grow heavier, and the risks loom larger. The world’s financial markets ignored the record-breaking increase in global debt levels to a staggering $313 trillion in 2023, which marked yet another worrying milestone.

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Which is Worse- Easy Money or Public Debt?

Leave a Comment / General / By Frank Shostak

Contrary to the popular way of thinking, the threat to the US economy is not the high level of debt but loose monetary policies that undermine the pool of savings and the wealth-generation process. Hence, the fall in the money stock that precedes price deflation and an economic slump is actually triggered by the previous loose monetary policies and not by the liquidation of debt.

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Record Credit Card Debt Reduction

Leave a Comment / General / By Tim McMahon

After a record-setting year for credit card debt reduction in 2020, U.S. consumers maintained their strong performance during the first quarter of 2021, paying off $56.5 billion in credit card debt, according to the personal-finance website WalletHub’s latest Credit Card Debt Study.

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Three Trends in America’s Student Debt Today

Leave a Comment / Education / By Tim McMahon

For the last decade we have seen a rapid rise in student debt, with graduates now leaving college with an average $37,173 in student debt, 70 percent more than a decade ago. By now, you may have heard that America’s student loan debt topping $1.4 trillion as of April this year.

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Trends: Credit in the E.U. and the U.S.

Leave a Comment / Europe, Socioeconomics / By Elliott Wave International

In this video clip from Steve Hochberg’s “Don’t Get Caught Holding the Bag” presentation, recorded at the San Francisco MoneyShow, Elliott Wave International’s Chief Market Analyst addresses a popular question we get at EWI.

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Gold will Thrive as Dollar Depreciates

Gold / By Guest Contributor

Bill Gross Recommends Gold by Chris Vermeulen Lately we’ve heard a lot about the PIIGS in the “Ring of Fire”. Usually the ring of fire is used to describe a horseshoe shaped area of of volcanoes in the Pacific Rim. But in this case it is referring to the PIIGS i.e. Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain. But in a

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Interview with David Stockman

Leave a Comment / Banking, Economic Trends, FED, Government / By Casey Research

Editor’s Note: In today’s interview Alex Daly talks with former Reagan budget director David Stockman about Austerity, the FED, housing, debt, the economy, the stock market, bonds, and much more. Here are a few of David’s excellent quotes from the interview: [The FED is] being run by people who are clueless as to how to get

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Debt in Relation to Gross Domestic Product

1 Comment / Europe, General, Government / By Tim McMahon

These days, when we hear about “debt” in the news media, it is often Greece’s debt that is the topic of discussion. According to the media it seems that Greece’s debe must be way out of proportion with the rest of the world. Many experts believe that no matter how much austerity is imposed Greece will never be able to repay

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Japan’s Debt

1 Comment / Economic Trends, Overseas Investing / By Casey Research

Cashing In On Japan’s Debt Conundrum? By Robert Ross, Casey Research On the heels of Fitch’s sovereign credit downgrade to A plus (the fifth-highest investment grade), Japan’s government debt continues to swell. With its debt at over 200% of its GDP, the Land of the Rising Sun appears to be embarking on a trek into

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What are Company Bonds?

5 Comments / Bonds / By Guest Contributor

Company Bonds Company bonds have been a hot topic in many financial publications including the Wall Street Journal lately, though you might not be familiar with the term. Allow me to offer a brief primer on the topic. Company bonds (aka corporate bonds) are a type of debt security issued by companies to raise capital. A

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