Federal debt has expanded by $9.5 trillion - from $5.7 trillion in 2000 to $15.2 trillion at the end of last year and, as Neal Soss of Credit Suisse notes, is still growing over $1 trillion a year (or $5 billion per day). The state of fiscal sustainability, as explained in this compendium of slides, is perilous, but as Soss notes - interest expense did not go up because interest rates fell faster [...]
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In a recent research note Andrew Garthwaite of Credit Suisse discussed the two things that concern him most about the enduring crisis in Europe: “At which points do countries reach the breaking point in terms of the amount of austerity they can endure? Greek GDP has already declined 14% from peak and the Greek parliament is set to vote on the new round of austerity measures at the end of November [...] |
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