Archive for January 2018

Economist expect Treasury rates to rise going forward; here’s why. Government debt sales are set to double to $1.3 trillion in 2018, tops since 2010. Moreover, the Fed will be shrinking its balance sheet and will thus be a net seller of Treasuries. Therefore, buyers other than central banks such as pension funds, banks, private-equity,…

The nation with the highest debt-to-GDP ratio in the world is Japan, where the ratio is an astonishingly high 240.3%. Greece follows with a ratio of 180.2%. Italy is third at 133% and then comes Portugal at 125.7%. While Spain was in fifth, its ratio has declined to 98.7% and it’s now in sixth place.…