Category Archives: U.S. Economy

Total Assets of the U.S. Economy $188 Trillion, 13.4xGDP

I recently wrote about the fact that the forces impacting the U.S. economy’s balance sheet, at about $200 trillion, dominate those affecting GDP (just over $14 trillion) when thinking about interest rates and stock prices. A blog reader wrote to … Continue reading

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The Class War is Real

You don’t need a very sharp eye to detect the number of speeches in Washington taking aim at “the rich” and the number of new policies that aim to redistribute wealth from “the wealthy” to “the middle class.” Like all … Continue reading

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