in February 2016, the future president appeared on Fox News and assured viewers that, if he were president, he could start paying off the national debt "so easily." The Republican argued at the time that it would simply be a matter of looking at the country as "a profit-making c...
Also, BC, interesting graph. The Willshire 5000 Total Market Cap to GDP chart speaks to quite a bubble in equities prices. Matt YoungFebruary 9, 2014 at 11:18 pm I take total interest expense and divide by total debt. I iinclude the free interest on debt held by the Fed since that i...
Government Spending Chart Fiscal Years 2009 to 2019 Legend: a– actual reported b– budgeted estimate in US FY16 budgetData Sources for 2009: GDP, GO:GDP, GO Sources Federal:Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1 State and Local:State and Local Gov. FinancesData Sources for 2019: ...
This is far from the case in America. The chart below shows the St Louis FRED’s estimate of the average annual savings rate, which has recently declined to 3.3%. However, these estimates have been revised over time with the effect of concealing times when the savings rate went negative. ...
President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan. The national budget deficit will, according to the author grow to over $7 trillion because of all of the money that Obama wants to borrow. A chart is presented that compares this debt to the national e...
President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan. The national budget deficit will, according to the author grow to over $7 trillion because of all of the money that Obama wants to borrow. A chart is presented that compares this debt to the national economies of other countries. It is noted...
First thing of note, the OAS, DI, HI, SMI Trust Funds all are treated separately. Second note interest on those Trust Funds ARE counted as Public Debt, the $2.203 trillion shown as OAS debt in the chart above equating exactly to the year end balance and assets respectively in the followi...
Most of the $328 billion should have fallen into fiscal 2013. If subtracted from the $1.086 trillion by which the debt ballooned in fiscal 2014, it reduces the increase in the debt to $758 billion. The chart below summarizes the glorious fiscal condition of the US over th...
In Lisa's class, the teacher frequently stops to ask students to notice whether they are paying attention to the lesson or if they are thinking about something else. The students record their answer on a chart. As students become more consciously aware of their attention, they begin to see ...