Trump: Inflation Is ‘Very Rapid’ Way to Pay Off National Debt
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Trump just soft-launched higher inflation as the new solution for rebalancing $40 trillion national debt
It was an outcome that droves of economists warned was coming: Higher inflation being tolerated—consciously or otherwise—to bring down the value of America’s $40 trillion national debt.President Trump and his second administration haven’t been short of ideas on how to rebalance the national debt, which now demands $2 trillion in interest payments a year. The White House suggested everything from tariffs to visa revenues might be directed towards…
Trump: Inflation is ‘very rapid’ way to pay off national debt
It was an outcome that droves of economists warned was coming: Higher inflation being tolerated—consciously or otherwise—to bring down the value of America’s $40 trillion national debt. President Trump and his second administration haven’t been short of ideas on how to rebalance the national debt, which now demands $2 trillion in interest payments a year. […]
Donald Trump argues that moderate inflation could reduce the real weight of U.S. debt, which exceeds $40 billion. But the rising interest rates and the growing role of hedge funds domiciled in the Cayman Islands show that the strategy has risks and nuances.
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