Will a downgrade of United States debt by ratings agencies push interest rates up?
Perhaps most importantly, postponement only puts off the issue at hand, that United States debt far outpaces economic growth.
He is concerned with the usual libertarian matters: ending the war in Afghanistan, taxation and the United States public debt and a balanced budget, which he thinks he can get with a 43 percent reduction of all federal government spending.
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Across the pond in the United States, American debt is closer to 90% of GDP.
China, the world's largest holder of US debt, had "every right now to demand the United States address its structural debt problems and ensure the safety of China's dollar assets, " said a commentary in the official Xinhua news agency.
The additional Treasury debt issued by the United States in recent years (the debt required to fund our deficit) has been overwhelmingly purchased by the U.S. Federal Reserve, which rebates all interest payments to the Treasury.
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They were talking about the United States having too much debt.
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Until 1917, Congress had the sole authority to borrow money on behalf of the United States, and issued each debt separately.
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He appealed to Europe and the United States for a reduction in debt-servicing and other modest financial support, but was turned down by the creditor governments.
We remain very confident that Congress will act responsibly and maintain the full faith and credit of the United States government by raising the debt ceiling.
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In the United States, however, mortgage debt is encouraged through a subsidy in our tax code that, in fact, provides the greatest subsidy to those with the largest mortgage and, typically, the highest incomes.
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Could you tell the American people what role the United States is playing in the European debt crisis?
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While the national debt of the United States has never really ever slipped out of the national dialogue, events over the past decade have intensified the discussion.
The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.
Should Europeans permit eurobonds, they would create a large and attractive continental debt market which could profit by lower interest rates ( as the United States does, despite a much higher level of public debt).
In the end, it's in the long-term interest of the United States economy that we remove the debt ceiling from this process that creates uncertainty, harms economic growth, does damage to the middle class, puts a stranglehold on markets.
Since the day of Alexander Hamilton, the United States has never defaulted on the federal debt.
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Deferring indefinitely settlement of defaulted Czarist and other Soviet debt obligations to the United States (including Lend-Lease).
Thus began the 30-year bull market in debt securities of the United States.
For its first 128 years as a republic, the United States was able to function without a debt ceiling.
The United States needs additional revenue to make its debt more manageable.
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For dollar-denominated debt (such as United States Treasury bonds and mortgages), adjust world interest rates for changes in U.S. inflation.
Its an interesting time in history, as many developed economies such as the United States and Japan have exploding levels of debt.
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Since none of the debt problems in the United States and in Europe have been resolved, the risk for a black swan event is possible.
Might the United States Government default on any of its debt?
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Comments early last year to the effect that Beijing can use its holding of American debt to punish the United States reveal the mentality of senior PLA officers.
It is scandalous that what amounts to taxpayer bribes are to be used to induce the new Moscow center to honor its past debt obligations to the United States government.
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With Europe, Japan and the United States all mired in long-term debt and demographic problems, emerging markets will be some of the few reliable sources of growth in the years ahead.
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Such a settlement would remove Moscow from the restrictive provisions of the Johnson Debt Default Act of 1934, thereby permitting the Soviet issuance of bonds and other debt instruments in the United States and on a dollar-denominated basis.
Worse yet, the balance shifts even more decidedly in the Soviets' favor if, as a result of this settlement, Moscow can begin issuing bonds and other debt instruments in the United States and on a dollar-denominated basis off-shore.
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