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Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase
Economy

Jamie Dimon says Trump’s efficiency drive isn’t enough to avert debt crisis: ‘Like most problems, it’s better to deal with it than let it happen’

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September 23, 2025
Ray Dalio speaks onstage during the 2025 TIME100 Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 23, 2025 in New York City.
Economy

Ray Dalio says the world is running out of interest in buying U.S. debt—but America is unable to cut back its spending

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September 19, 2025
Citadel CEO Ken Griffin
Economy

Ken Griffin lays down the law on why Trump needs to back off the Fed, saying his meddling could prompt a national debt crisis

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September 8, 2025
The US Treasury Department in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, May 31, 2024.
Economy

The canary in the coal mine is singing as global bond selloff raises national debt concerns

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September 3, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump
Economy

Trump says tariffs are going to be enough to pay down national debt. They likely won’t even touch the sides

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August 17, 2025
US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025.
Economy

In Trump’s year of cost-cutting and efficiency, national debt soars past $37 trillion

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August 13, 2025
The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security’s trust funds have moved up as rising health care costs and new legislation affecting Social Security benefits have contributed to closer projected depletion dates. That's according to an annual report released Wednesday.
Economy

Social Security and Medicare are going broke—and it’s happening faster than previously thought

By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press
June 19, 2025
Elon Musk shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump as they speak to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Economy

‘Kill Bill’: Elon Musk urges Americans to rebel against president’s policy, but White House says his ‘debt slavery’ claims are a hoax

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June 5, 2025
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump
Economy

Musk is on a national debt crusade after slamming Trump’s spending bill: Dimon, Powell, Dalio, and Buffett have all echoed the Tesla CEO’s concerns

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June 4, 2025
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
Economy

U.S. economy will be growing faster than 3% this time next year, predicts Treasury’s Bessent 

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May 26, 2025
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a rally opposing House Republicans Tax Proposal prior to the final House Vote on Capitol Hill on May 21, 2025 in Washington, DC
Economy

Trump’s ‘Robin Hood in reverse’ tax bill is driving up the cost of buying a home, Democrats say

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May 23, 2025
President Donald Trump answers reporters' questions after he posthumously awarded the new Medals of Sacrifice to fallen officers during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House on May 19, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Finance

U.S. economy is experiencing ‘death by a thousand cuts’, says Deutsche Bank, as confidence in national debt management erodes

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May 20, 2025
Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks during the party's annual convention in Tokyo, Japan.
Economy

Uncle Sam’s biggest creditor faces a fiscal crisis ‘worse than Greece’ as its borrowing costs hit 20-year high 

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May 19, 2025
U.S. debt no longer earns a top grade at any of the major credit rating agencies after Moody’s downgrade
Finance

U.S. debt no longer earns a top grade at any of the major credit rating agencies after Moody’s downgrade

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May 16, 2025
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on April 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. U.S.
Finance

Treasury market’s ‘new world order’ brings fear of the long bond

By Michael Mackenzie and Bloomberg
April 27, 2025

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