debt Archives - To The Death Media

Global debt now 225% greater than the world's GDP

The IMF came out with a new report on Oct. 5 showing that the expansion of global debt has now reached 225% of the world’s combined GDP. In fact, the $152 trillion that encompasses general government […]

As the U.S. creates debt at new record levels, is there expectation of a global debt jubilee down the road?

In August the Obama administration borrowed a record $151 billion for a single month, setting for the course for 2016 to see an increase in the national debt of $1.36 trillion. In fact, America’s debt […]

The same Congress who allowed debt ceiling to reach $20 trillion now says it is a threat to national security

On Sept. 14, the House Budget committee published a speech where they asserted that the nation’s $19.5 trillion national debt is now a security threat to the stability of the country. In their oratory on […]

Central bank policies are proved to only aid 1%ers as the Fed Vice-Chairman admits the bank picks winners

Following the annual Jackson Hole meeting of U.S. central bankers a week ago, the Vice-Chairman of the Federal Reserve admitted something that most ‘conspiracy theorists’ had already deduced… that the private bank not only picks […]

What if a central bank initiated a bond buying program and no one wanted to sell?

With central banks having the reputation now of being the buyer of ALL RESORTS, what might be the consequences if they held a bond auction and no one came to sell? That is what happened […]

Will the next President oversee the death of Social Security?

Back in 2010 the Social Security program officially went insolvent, as outflows to beneficiaries for the first time outnumbered inflows from tax revenues. And over the past six years, payouts from the program have required […]

Central banks keeping the economy on life support with over $1 trillion printed every six months

Has anyone actually wondered why the stock markets worldwide shot back up to new all-time highs following the Brexit vote when they were in a slow decline prior to this historic event? The answer of […]

Financial illiteracy: Obama suggests that millennials burdened by student loan debt is good for the economy

There is a sad fact that will go down in the legacy of one Barack Hussein Obama, and that is that he was a President who loved debt, and had no compunction in using it […]

Following Japan's new plans for helicopter money, one Fed President calls for its use in monetary policy

Japan has been a 30+ year petri dish for central banks around the world to watch and learn from their monetary policies. And despite the fact that in that time the island economy has gone […]

Western debt based economics: It now takes $10 of debt to create $1 of GDP growth

When central banks embark on fiscally irresponsible monetary policies, they tend to create anomalies that lead to economic crashes, bubbles, and as we are seeing in places like Greece and Japan, eternal deflationary growth. But […]