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> US revenue / GDP figures are also pretty large They just got a lot smaller, and tax revenues with them.
by mr_toad 7y ago
> US revenue / GDP figures are also pretty large
They just got a lot smaller, and tax revenues with them.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 7y agoFor a few years. It also costs the US next to nothing to borrow money at the moment. Yields on 10 and 30 year t notes are on the same order as long term inflation targets.
- _delirium 7y agoThe US could probably lock in near-free loans for even longer terms if it wanted to, too. Austria sells 100-year bonds, which are currently yielding a mere 0.5%.
- lonelappde 7y agoAre those numbers pre or post pandemic?
- asdfasgasdgasdg 7y agoPost-pandemic. Current yield on the ten year t-note is 0.65%.