US National Debt Passes $28 Trillion, +$4.7 Trillion in 13 Months. General Treasury Account Down by $480 Billion in 2 Months, $620 Billion to Go by Wolf Richter • Apr 4, 2021 • 268 Comments What does it mean for the markets that the government now spends the proceeds from debt sales last spring that the Fed had monetized back then?
What’s Behind the Huge Spike in Reserves, a Liability on the Fed’s Balance Sheet? by Wolf Richter • Mar 12, 2021 • 179 Comments The New Regime at the US Treasury Department.
Treasury Market Had a Cow, Mortgage Rates Jumped, Wall Street Crybabies Clamored for Help, But the Fed Smiled Satisfied Upon its Creation by Wolf Richter • Feb 27, 2021 • 207 Comments Junk bonds still in la-la-land as investors chase yield – risks be damned.
Who Bought the $4.5 Trillion Added in One Year to the Incredibly Spiking US National Debt, Now at $27.9 Trillion? by Wolf Richter • Feb 17, 2021 • 173 Comments Someone had to buy every dollar of this monstrous debt. Here’s Who. The Fed isn’t the only one. But China continues to unwind its holdings.
US Dollar as “Global Reserve Currency” amid Fed’s QE and US Government Deficits: Dollar Hegemony in Decline by Wolf Richter • Dec 31, 2020 • 299 Comments Other options also shaky. Central banks leery of Chinese RMB, its share still irrelevant. Euro’s share is stuck. But the yen’s share has been rising.
Who Bought the Monstrous $4.2 Trillion Added to the Incredibly Spiking US National Debt in 12 Months? Everyone but China by Wolf Richter • Nov 19, 2020 • 184 Comments An increasingly important question, because someone always has to buy this debt – and it’s not just the Fed. But the share of foreign holders is waning.
Now Everything Depends on US Stimulus, from Billionaires to China’s Manufacturers, as US National Debt Blows Out by Wolf Richter • Oct 7, 2020 • 181 Comments But consumers again paid down their credit cards; let’s be honest, that’s abuse of stimulus.
How Has the US Dollar Held Up as “Global Reserve Currency” During Q2 Turmoil? by Wolf Richter • Sep 29, 2020 • 94 Comments Declining Hegemony. But still Hegemony.
Who Got the $33 Billion in Farm Subsidies for the US-China Trade-War and Coronavirus Payments? by Wolf Richter • Sep 22, 2020 • 86 Comments Individual recipients don’t even have to work on a farm; people getting these payments can be “city slickers.”
Who Bought the $3.3 Trillion Piled on the Incredibly Spiking US National Debt Since March? by Wolf Richter • Sep 17, 2020 • 171 Comments Trillions flying by so fast, it’s hard to even count them. But somebody had to buy these Treasury securities. And it wasn’t just the Fed. Here’s who.
