Interest

Interest rates are on the rise across the yield curve. The 10-year Treasury note closed at a high yield of 4.8%, a level not seen in nearly three...

Since gross national debt crossed $40 trillion last month – and the more meaningful debt held by the public as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)...

In a working paper, The United States and Its Creditors: Assessing Foreign Demand for U.S. Assets, from the Brookings Institution’s Hutchins Center on...

Interest rates on U.S. Treasury bonds recently rose to levels not seen in decades. A recent 30-year Treasury auction ended with yields at over 5.2% –...

A $25 billion 30-year Treasury auction this week ended with yields at 5.216% – the highest since 2001. The auction is the latest sign of investors’...

The 10-year Treasury note surpassed 4.6% today, 45 basis points above projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and more than 60% higher...

The national debt is on an unsustainable path and represents a growing threat to the budget and economy. Increasingly, even former “fiscal doves” are...

The 30-year Treasury note just reached its highest yield in almost 19 years, 5.2%, and other interest rates are approaching similar highs. This week...

The 10-year Treasury yield is currently 4.5% – the highest rate in over a year – while 30-year Treasuries now carry a 5.0% interest rate. In fact...

Interest costs will exceed $1 trillion this year and have nearly tripled from $345 billion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. By FY 2036, the Congressional...

The U.S. national debt has long been on an unsustainable path. Nonetheless, for most of the 20th century, debt sustainability has been bolstered by...

Net interest on the national debt, the fastest growing part of the budget, is projected to more than double from $970 billion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025...