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Why Deficits Have Not Increased Interest Rates: Brad DeLong Makes Me Go Huh?
Brad DeLong makes an interesting observation: it is astonishing. Between last summer and the end of this year the U.S. Treasury will expand its marketable debt liabilities by $2.5 trillion--an amount equal to more than 20% of all equities in America, an amount equal to 8% of all traded ...
Deficits and interest rates
Deficits and interest rates
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com — It turns out that there's a strong correlation between budget deficits and interest rates -- namely, when... deficits are high, interest rates are low. (more) Deficits and interest rates
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