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U.S. debt no longer earns a top grade at any of the major credit rating agencies after Moody’s downgrade
Finance

U.S. debt no longer earns a top grade at any of the major credit rating agencies after Moody’s downgrade

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May 16, 2025
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on April 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. U.S.
Finance

Treasury market’s ‘new world order’ brings fear of the long bond

By Michael Mackenzie and Bloomberg
April 27, 2025
Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), at a general election campaign rally in Dresden, Germany, on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. Merz, whose CDU/CSU coalition is leading polls by double digits, upended the election campaign Wednesday by accepting votes from the nationalist Alternative for Germany to pass a hard-line migration resolution through parliament.
Finance

Germany topples giant ‘Zero’ monument symbolizing fiscal prudence as new government embraces debt

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April 11, 2025
Scott Bessent in front of a black background
Finance

America could run out of cash to pay its bills as early as this summer

By Fatima Hussein, Kevin Freking and The Associated Press
March 26, 2025
Elon Musk speaks with President Donald J Trump and reporters in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday, Feb 11, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Finance

Government deficit rose 4% in Trump’s first full month in office, despite DOGE. UBS says the U.S. is slashing confidence, not spending

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March 13, 2025
You’re gonna need a bigger chainsaw to reduce government debt
Commentary

You’re gonna need a bigger chainsaw to reduce government debt

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February 28, 2025
US President Donald Trump
Finance

Trump claims Elon Musk’s DOGE ‘geniuses’ have found ‘very fraudulent stuff’

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February 10, 2025
Bill Gates, chair of the Gates Foundation.
Finance

Bill Gates is a fan of DOGE if it means curbing government debt: He says they’ll have to tackle pensions, defense, and health care

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January 27, 2025
Ray Dalio, Founder and CIO Mentor, Bridgewater Associates speaks onstage during The Wall Street Journal's 2024 The Future Of Everything Festival at Spring Studios on May 22, 2024 in New York City.
Finance

Billionaire investor Ray Dalio warns U.K. is at risk of entering ‘debt death spiral’

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January 21, 2025
Two people have an awkward interaction over a festive meal
Finance

Bank of America’s guide on how to handle awkward economy and politics chat over Thanksgiving dinner 

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November 28, 2024
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) points with her right index finger upwards as she speaks at a podium.
Finance

Want to cut government waste? Start with the penny, says U.S. Senator to Musk

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November 27, 2024
Tesla CEO Elon Musk
Commentary

Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and the $35T national debt—entrepreneurs to the rescue

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November 13, 2024
Photo of Jerome Powell
Finance

Hotshot Wharton professor sees $34 trillion debt triggering 2025 meltdown as mortgage rates spike above 7%: ‘It could derail the next administration’

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March 3, 2024
Legendary investor Paul Tudor Jones says a ‘debt bomb’ is about to go off in the U.S. ‘We’re fast-pouring consumption like crazy’
Finance

Legendary investor Paul Tudor Jones says a ‘debt bomb’ is about to go off in the U.S. ‘We’re fast-pouring consumption like crazy’

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February 7, 2024
Stanley Druckenmiller pictured in conversation at the 2023 Bloomberg Invest event.
Finance

Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller accuses Janet Yellen of making the ‘biggest blunder in Treasury history’

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October 31, 2023

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