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Grossly Misunderstood Debt

The often cited chart, by Bill Gross and others, reflecting a surge in Total Credit Market Debt as a % of GDP is distorted by a number of factors. One of the most significant reasons is that many families have substituted mortgage payments for rents and, without changing their costs, increased the debt ratio. Ironically, the shift built significant equity value. Further, when the long-term series is viewed on a standard logarithmic scale to show percentage gains over time, the chart becomes much less dramatic. On a real basis, adjusting for inflation, the rate of growth has been relatively constant over the past 50 years.


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Bond Yields:

Reasonable Expectations

Is 4% on the 10-year Treasury bond high, low, or just about right? The Fed appears now--and may explicitly state soon--to be targeting inflation between 1% and 2%. By adding a 2% inflation-risk spread, 4% or lower may be just about right for the 20-year bond. As for the 10-year Treasury bond, we may soon see a yield that starts with a "3".

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debt gdp US economy

Like any economy, America's gross domestic product (GDP) is driven by four elements: consumption, business investment, exports, and government spending. The first three elements are in free fall. That leaves the government as the "spender of last resort."

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GDP economy

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has four components:

1. Personal consumption expenditures (C)
2. Gross private domestic investment (I)
3. Government consumption and gross investment (G)
4. Net exports to foreigners (NX)

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