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minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·19 days agoEvery time I see a story about the national debt, I look for information in the article about who is buying the debt. It is vanishingly rare when I see an answer. In case anyone is curious, the breakdown for 2025 For 2026, the answer is harder to find. But there are some interesting shifts in appetite for American debt instruments being driven by the private bond markets.
minus-square1984@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 days agoI dont think people know how money works on that level…its not like in our private lives where money is out if its out.
Every time I see a story about the national debt, I look for information in the article about who is buying the debt. It is vanishingly rare when I see an answer.
In case anyone is curious, the breakdown for 2025
For 2026, the answer is harder to find. But there are some interesting shifts in appetite for American debt instruments being driven by the private bond markets.
I dont think people know how money works on that level…its not like in our private lives where money is out if its out.