No More AAA - What the U.S. Debt Downgrade Means for Investors
Description
With longer-term U.S. interest rates rising and no plan to reduce the budget deficit, is a U.S. national debt crisis imminent?
Topics covered include:
- Why S&P, Fitch, and now Moody's stripped the U.S. of its pristine AAA debt rating
- How the U.S. national debt dynamics compare to Greece, Italy, and Japan
- What are four things investors should monitor for signs that the national debt crisis is worsening or spiraling out of control
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Show Notes
The Long-Term Budget Outlook: 2025 to 2055—Congressional Budget Office
Walmart says higher prices could hit this month due to tariffs by Natalie Sherman—BBC
Post on May 17th, 2025; 7:27 AM by Donald J. Trump—Truth Social
Walmart responds to Trump comment that retailer should ‘eat the tariffs’ by Kyler Swaim—The Hill
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There's a reason the founders designed the judicial branch as the weakest. They were created to render 'opinions' and provide relief to individual plantiffs with grievances standing before them. I think we could concede that if you believe in Keynesian economics, with the looming massive US debt there is not nearly the bang for the buck from the squandered spending that there once was?