A proposed emergancy spending CUT of a trillion dollars would do a lot more for the economy than spending a trillion dollars of borrowed money.
Count on interest rates doubling in the next 4 to 8 months. When the Chinese say they want PAID a real return for funding our economy (instead of 1% or less) the brown waste product will hit the fan. Most of the US dept is financed at fixed rates with 2-4 year terms.
A run up in interest rates will be felt immediately by the nation government. Interest on the US debt is 8% of the budget - a return to "normal" interest rates (say 5%) increases the interest on the national debt to MORE THAN WHAT WE SPEND DEFENSE. Thats if interest rates only go back to mid 1990s levels - hardly high but still crushing to a high debt country addicted to borrowing. If they actually get "high" (in 1980 they were 15%) the federal debt explodes like a college kid's credit card debt.
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