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7 December 2023 | 160 replies
The gov has reckless deficit yet they increase interest rate, it would not work like that in the real world.
5 June 2019 | 93 replies
@Russell Brazil the games changed with a 21t dollar deficit.
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9 October 2020 | 178 replies
The questions now are how long and how deep the recession will be, will the recovery be quick or prolonged, and what lasting changes (if any) the recession will bring.For everyone talking about how great the economy was prior to the virus, we should remember that we were running a Trillion dollar budget deficit, the Fed was already pumping liquidity into the system because repo rates were spiking, and over 1/3 of economists and CFOs were predicting a recession in 2020 (the numbers go up when you ask about 2021).
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12 July 2021 | 138 replies
To add to it, our deficit was already at $1T and now with the talks of a $2T bailout, it will double.
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8 April 2020 | 117 replies
@John Collins I don’t know his specific scenario but my guess is that a portion of the refinance proceeds was set aside to be used as working capital that can be used to pay any deficits in earnings before taxes.
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16 January 2017 | 5 replies
instead of debt I should have said deficit, it would be nice to reduce the debt by any amount but you are correct it probably won't happen.
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28 March 2021 | 240 replies
As long as the US government runs deficits, it will do everything it can to keep inflation going and rates low, this will cut down the real cost of the debt in the long term.
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18 September 2018 | 16 replies
Or does that 600+/month include a deficit from the prior year?
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6 February 2024 | 9 replies
If the numbers are way off and running a deficit as a LTR, I'd pass.
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8 March 2016 | 10 replies
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