Was curious to see the spread between the US National Debt and Real GDP. As we can see, the National Debt was sustainable prior to 2016 as productivity was greater, but this has since changed. How long can we continue this, especially with a looming recession aka reduced productivity in spite of continued deficit spending?
Just curious to see how the Real GDP chart stands against the National Debt chart. According to this, there is currently almost a 50% spread between productivity and fiscal spending. Is this sustainable?
This is a quite interesting chart showing a ratio (black trend-line) of the Interest Rate, 5Y Yield and Federal Debt trading within a Megaphone pattern since the 1990s. Its (Higher) Highs have naturally coincided with peaks in Rate Hikes (red trend-line). The last peak was on October 2018 and currently the ratio just broke within that range again (red...
This chart provides a clear "prediction" on tomorrow's Federal Interest payments (on the debt) which sits at a bit more than 20% of tax revenue. This chart uses the debt and the US10Y to show where payments are going. It's obviously very accurate but the problem is, the next move up is going to detrimental to US government solvency. Higher payments come with...
When you take the total public US Federal debt divided by gold you get this chart. Interestingly it shows we are in the middle of several year range. Maybe our current debt isn't as bad as we thought? Note that I call this our "Real" National Debt because gold helps take out all the money printing and serves as a better store of value and/or currency. 2018...
The US Dollar Index is currently on the verge of a very critical resistance, #DXY can be considered as an important leading indicator in the course of the markets on a global scale.. The increase of # DXY significantly reduces the risk appetite of investors in the markets and the demand for the dollar increases. In this context, examining the #DXY chart gives...
Name something that both parties have in common? Fiscal Irresponsibility.