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US debt

International

US Senate passes Trump’s sweeping tax-and-spending Bill, setting up House battle

Fed chair Jerome Powell this past week downplayed the recent spike in Treasury yields and suggested the central bank’s outlook for interest rates would not be affected by Trump's economic plans.
Banking & Finance

Could the bond market stymie Trump’s economic plans?

Chicago will have US$850 million in general obligation bonds available to replace with new debt.
International

Chicago plans US$1.5 billion bond refinancing in early December

62 per cent of respondents – including 94 per cent of Democrats and 34 per cent of Republicans – said it was likely Trump’s policies “will push the US national debt higher.”
International

Most Americans expect Trump to increase US debt

Federal Reserve Bank of New York's survey of household debt and credit conditions, showed that overall debt levels rose by US$109 billion, or 0.6 per cent, in the second quarter to US$17.80 trillion.
International

US household debt levels edge up in Q2, NY Fed survey shows

FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve building is seen in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
International

IMF steps up its warning to US over spending and ballooning debt

Indonesia is the first South-east Asian nation applying for the organisation’s membership, according to OECD.
International

OECD sees total bond debt to rise in 2024 on tightening financial conditions

Since 2013, the US national debt has more than doubled from US$16.7 trillion.
International

Rising US debt stokes calls in Congress for special fiscal commission

Outside the New York Stock Exchange on Aug 2, 2023, the day after Fitch downgraded the US economy to AA+ from AAA.
Opinion & Features
PERSPECTIVE

There is political logic to Fitch’s downgrading of US debt 

Financial markets are no longer shocked by warnings that US democracy might one day soon become so damaged and dysfunctional that the US defaults on its debt.
Global Enterprise
NEWS ANALYSIS

Downgrading of US debt a ‘symbolic act’, with no imminent budget crisis expected

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