{"id":255179,"date":"2023-04-28T21:56:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T19:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=255179"},"modified":"2023-04-28T21:56:46","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T19:56:46","slug":"u-s-net-debt-to-exceed-110-by-2028-as-decarbonization-costs-mount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=255179","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Net Debt To Exceed 110% By 2028 As Decarbonization Costs Mount"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Oilprice.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While the latest IMF forecasts were mostly lost in the din surrounding the start of earnings season, besides the now standard cuts to global growth forecasts<\/a>, there was one standout item. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As National Bank of Canada points out, the IMF’s projections forecast U.S. net debt to rise from 95% of GDP in 2023 to 110% by 2028, which actually is a conservative estimate when comparing a similar, if even more concerning longer-term forecast from the Congressional Budget Office, which effectively projects hyperinflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But while the fate of US debt\/GDP in 2050 may feel like someone else’s problem to most Americans, NBC warns that a far more pressing issue may emerge as soon as a decade from today. That’s because unless Washington raises taxes more or slashes benefits (an unlikely outcome), the Social Security fund will hit net zero – i.e., will be exhausted – in just 10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And as U.S. social security becomes a pay-as-you-go system, sovereign debt issuance will increase at an accelerated rate to offset the statutory decline in the social security fund balance. That, combined\u00a0with the global “Net Zero” cost forecast of $150 trillion over the next 30 years\u00a0<\/a>– or some\u00a0$5 trillion per year<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0– most if not all of it courtesy of the Federal Reserve…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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… means that in the very near future, the Fed will be drawn back in to monetize debt (read restart QE) at a pace that has never been seen before. The only question is which crisis will get us there first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As National Bank of Canada points out, the IMF’s projections forecast U.S. net debt to rise from 95% of GDP in 2023 to 110% by 2028, which actually is a conservative estimate when comparing a similar, if even more concerning longer-term forecast from the Congressional Budget Office, which effectively projects 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