enhanced_deficit
12-12-2018, 10:22 PM
He never claimed to be a cut-spending conservative but some critics lately seem to be crossing the line by alleging that MAGA was running gov like his businesses and creating temporary sugar high boosts in economy while ignoring negative impact risks from big borrow-spend regime. That seems like bit reckless narrative mixing government spending with his private businesses spending styles just when there is an understanding between MAGA-Pelosi bipartisan team that big spending/debt ceiling is no longer an issue. Also, creditors for gov spending and business spending are usually different.
Under Trump, U.S. National Debt Grew by Size of Brazil’s Economy
Posted 2:39 PM, December 12, 2018, by Los Angeles Times
https://tribktla.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/GettyImages-610897438.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&w=400&h=225&crop=1 (https://ktla.com/2018/12/12/under-trump-u-s-debt-grew-by-size-of-brazils-economy/#thumbnail-modal) As the number of the current U.S. national debt is seen on a screen, Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen testifies during a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee September 28, 2016 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
U.S. government debt is on track this year to rise at the fastest pace since 2012, as a stronger economy fails to keep pace with the wave of red ink that’s rising under the Trump administration.
Total public debt outstanding has jumped by $1.36 trillion, or 6.6%, since the start of 2018, and by $1.9 trillion since President Trump took office, according to the latest Treasury Department figures. The latter figure is about the size of Brazil’s gross domestic product.
If this year’s growth rate is sustained through the end of the year, it would be the biggest jump in percentage terms since the last year of President Obama’s first term, when the economy needed fiscal stimulus in the aftermath of the financial crisis.
As of Monday, the nation’s debt stood at a record $21.9 trillion.
Under Trump, U.S. National Debt Grew by Size of Brazil’s Economy
Posted 2:39 PM, December 12, 2018, by Los Angeles Times
https://tribktla.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/GettyImages-610897438.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&w=400&h=225&crop=1 (https://ktla.com/2018/12/12/under-trump-u-s-debt-grew-by-size-of-brazils-economy/#thumbnail-modal) As the number of the current U.S. national debt is seen on a screen, Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen testifies during a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee September 28, 2016 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
U.S. government debt is on track this year to rise at the fastest pace since 2012, as a stronger economy fails to keep pace with the wave of red ink that’s rising under the Trump administration.
Total public debt outstanding has jumped by $1.36 trillion, or 6.6%, since the start of 2018, and by $1.9 trillion since President Trump took office, according to the latest Treasury Department figures. The latter figure is about the size of Brazil’s gross domestic product.
If this year’s growth rate is sustained through the end of the year, it would be the biggest jump in percentage terms since the last year of President Obama’s first term, when the economy needed fiscal stimulus in the aftermath of the financial crisis.
As of Monday, the nation’s debt stood at a record $21.9 trillion.