But Who Bought this Huge Pile of US Government Debt? by Wolf Richter • Jun 16, 2020 • 132 Comments Foreign holders, US banks, and US government funds all dumped. But two big players gorged on it – and one of them was the Fed.
Wow, That Was Fast: Debt Out the Wazoo by Wolf Richter • Jun 12, 2020 • 227 Comments US National Debt Spiked by $1 trillion in 5 weeks to $26 trillion. Fed monetized 65%. Business debts spike to high heaven.
US National Debt Spiked by $1.5 trillion in 6 Weeks, to $25 trillion. Fed Monetized 90% by Wolf Richter • May 6, 2020 • 221 Comments I’d never imagined I’d ever see this sort of spike, though in recent years I added an upward arrow with “Debt out the wazoo” to my charts, not realizing just how factually accurate this technical term would become.
Who Bought the $1.3 Trillion in Debt the US Government Added to its $23-Trillion Pile in 12 Months? by Wolf Richter • Feb 19, 2020 • 84 Comments Treasury securities are hot. The Fed backed up the truck. US banks & others bought too. But China dumped.
US National Debt Spiked by $1.3 Trillion in 12 Months, to $23 Tn. But Who Bought This Pile of Treasury Securities? by Wolf Richter • Nov 18, 2019 • 90 Comments The Fed opened the vault in September. But others bought too.
The State of the American Debt Slaves, Q3 2019 by Wolf Richter • Nov 8, 2019 • 201 Comments Paying the University-Corporate-Financial Complex and the big bifurcation.
US National Debt Passed $23 Trillion, Jumped $1.3 Trillion in 12 Months by Wolf Richter • Nov 2, 2019 • 144 Comments And these are the good times. What happens in a recession?
US Gross National Debt Jumps by $1.2 Trillion in Fiscal 2019, to $22.7 Trillion, Hits 106.5% of GDP by Wolf Richter • Oct 1, 2019 • 133 Comments But what happens if there’s actually a recession?
US National Debt Spiked $363 billion in Two Weeks, $1 Trillion in 12 months. But Who Bought This Pile of Treasury Securities? by Wolf Richter • Aug 17, 2019 • 94 Comments Nope, the Fed dumped. But there was huge demand elsewhere.
Who Bought the Nearly $1 Trillion of New US Government Debt over the Past 12 Months? by Wolf Richter • Jun 17, 2019 • 74 Comments The Fed & China dumped. But there was huge demand elsewhere. Here’s who bought.
