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What’s Uncle Sam’s Largest Asset? It’ll Haunt us for Years!

by Doug Short • Mar 11, 2016 • 53 Comments

A stunning chart.

Time for “Distressed Investing” in Commodities, Gold?

by Contributor • Jul 24, 2015 • 19 Comments

Distressed investors are a different breed of cat. Like repo men, they do well when everyone else gets hammered.

US Debt Jumps $181 billion in Two Months, hits $18 Trillion

by Wolf Richter • Dec 2, 2014 • 8 Comments

But hey, the volcano hasn’t erupted yet. So let’s just party on.

That Shrinking Slice of a Barely Growing Pie: Why the Glorious Economy of Ours Feels so Crummy

by Wolf Richter • Oct 31, 2014 • 9 Comments

For individual Americans, economic “growth” has meant the opposite.

If the US Deficit is ‘only’ $483 Billion, why does the Government Have to Borrow $1.1 Trillion to Fill the Hole?

by Wolf Richter • Oct 16, 2014 • 8 Comments

We’re shocked and appalled: they’re lying to us, here in the land of open and transparent governance?

Shrinking Deficit? Ha! US Government Debt Jumps by $1.1 Trillion in Fiscal Year

by Wolf Richter • Oct 5, 2014 • 12 Comments

The US gross national debt ballooned far faster in fiscal 2014 than what government accounting of the budget deficits would have you believe.

Fitch Warns on What Happens to the US as Dollar’s ‘Pre-Eminent Reserve Currency Status’ Erodes

by Wolf Richter • Sep 22, 2014 • 4 Comments

The inevitable end of the dollar’s hegemony has consequences.

Has America’s Economy Entered the “Coffin Corner”?

by Larry Kummer • Jul 16, 2014 • 9 Comments

The US economy has repeatedly failed to resume normal growth after the crash. But potentially worse is the decline in long-term growth estimates.

Public Pension Plans: Boom and Bubble Forever Or Bust

by Wolf Richter • Jun 11, 2014 • Comments Off on Public Pension Plans: Boom and Bubble Forever Or Bust

State and city pension plans have been in a heap of trouble for years. What they need in order to be there in the future is a booming economy year after year and endlessly inflating asset bubbles. Otherwise, forget it. And even then, there’s a $1.1 trillion hole.

Russia Dumping US Treasuries? But Why the Heck in Belgium?

by Wolf Richter • May 15, 2014 • Comments Off on Russia Dumping US Treasuries? But Why the Heck in Belgium?

Belgium is known for its surprises. For example, it got by amazingly well for a couple of years without a national government, to the chagrin of a lot of people. Now that tiny country with a tiny economy is suddenly piling up a mountain of US Treasuries.

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