There is a different culture of public debt in Germany than in France
Nevertheless, French Finance Minister Le Maire hopes to find a compromise for new budget rules w/Germany. “We will continue to work w/Christian Lindner in the coming weeks to try to reach a Franco-German accord that could serve as a basis for a wider deal,” Le Maire said ahead of a meeting with his EU peers in Luxembourg. Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg
At the time of rising bond yields, here's a list of teh most indebted companies in the world by Genuine Impact
🚗Toyota Group is the most indebted company globally in 2023. 🏠While Evergrande Group, one of China’s biggest property developers, has lower debt than Toyota, its performance is significantly inferior to Toyota. It recently faced a debt crisis and is on the verge of collapse.
Italy 10y risk spread over German 10y bunds back >200bps as budget day arrives
Italy PM Meloni to unveil tax-cutting 2024 budget today amid debt worries. Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ
BREAKING: A record 447,000 Americans are now working 2 full-time jobs, per Joe Consorti
Source: Barchart, Bloomberg
The Interest Expense on US Public Debt rose to $883 billion over the past year, another record high
If it continues to increase at the current pace it will soon be the largest line item in the Federal budget, surpassing Social Security. Source: Charlie Bilello
The United States is on an unsustainable fiscal path warns the IMF which projects the U.S. deficit to be 'elevated and persistent
Source: barchart, CBO
Another $40 billion in US debt today
US national debt has jumped by $550 billion in the past 3 weeks. This is WAY above the pace of $2 trillion per year expected by the government. The US was at $31.4 trillion just 4 months ago. Debt has increased by $2.1 trillion in the past 4 months. Source: WallStreetSilver
What to expect from today's US CPI data? Main take via JPM's market intelligence team
Source: JPM, TME
