The U.S. is facing a significant increase in debt levels with record amounts in household, mortgage, auto, student, and credit card debt. The national debt has surpassed $35 trillion, with credit card debt exceeding $1.1 trillion at a record 21.6% interest rate. The Debt-to-GDP ratio is projected to reach 132% by 2034, a substantial increase from previous estimates.
Goldman: We update our debt projections using our long-term forecasts for the average interest rate on government debt, nominal GDP growth, and the primary deficit outside of recessions. We now project that the current fiscal path would push the debt-to-GDP ratio to 130% by…
GOLDMAN: “.. our projections now imply that the current fiscal path would push the debt-to-GDP ratio to 130% by 2034 (vs. 97% in the same year under our 2019 projections) and real interest expense to 2.3% of GDP (vs. 1.5% in our 2019 projections) ..” 🇺🇸 https://t.co/NWZzuJN8kj
🇺🇸 US National Debt Hits $34.7 trillion U.S. Debt to GDP ratio: 1960: 52.87% 1980: 34.58% 2000: 57.82% Now: 124.70% Source: Stats_Feed https://t.co/uj62ZziUJU