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USA Bond Costs Soar - Joe Blogs
In this video I talk about fallout following the recent downgrade of the USA's debt rating by the Ratings Agency Moody's. Bond prices are now falling and bond yields are rising as a direct result and this will increase the interest costs for USA debt which is a problem as total debt is now more than $36 Trillion and the average maturity is around 6 years.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:08 USA DEBT
1:34 DEFICIT
4:14 BOND YIELDS
6:22 AVERAGE LIFE
7:23 NEW DEBT
8:36 TOP 3 OVERSEAS
10:24 TOP 10
12:37 COSTS
14:15 DOLLAR
14:39 SUMMARY & CONCLUSION
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