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4. WASHINGTON D.C. - Confronting Escalating Federal Debt Risk - VERONIQUE DERUGY 100126
1910 GRAHAM BROS ACCOUNTING TRUCK Confronting Escalating Federal Debt Risk Veronique de Rugy of the Mercatus Center addresses rising United States national debt and global bond market volatility. De Rugy refutes assertions that high debt-to-GDP ratios carry no consequences, highlighting recent severe inflation and weak Treasury bond auctions that forced shorter maturities. With 10-year interest rates exceeding 5%, investors signal diminishing confidence that future debt will be repaid in uninflated currency. She emphasizes that Social Security and Medicare trust fund exhaustion around 2032 threatens massive automatic benefit cuts or trillions in new borrowing. De Rugy warns that failing to reform entitlement drivers risks triggering severe economic instability. (4)
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