5分钟看懂美国国债.ppt

美国国债 He has a lot of bills to pay, almost $4 trillion worth every year. Uncle Sam’s income is a little over $2 trillion per year. To make up the difference, the deficit, he does what most Americans do, he borrows money. deficit 赤字 Spend Income bond 债券 by banks investors foreign governments Bonds can be held by banks, investors or even foreign governments. Uncle Sam has to promise to pay interest on these bonds just you do on any loan you take out. Ever think about paying your mortgage with your credit card? That’s exactly what Uncle Sam does. paying mortgage with credit card 用银行卡套现来还按揭 And he is having trouble just paying the interest on his loans. The obvious solution would be to either cut spending or increase taxes. But if cuts spending, the people that he’s spending money on would complain that they don’t have money to spend and that he was hurting the economy. If he tried to raise taxes enough to close this gap, not only would people definitely have less money to spend, he‘d probably have riots on his hands. cut spending ? increase taxes ? FORSE just to make it the more something is, the less it was That’s why commodities like gasoline, food and gold become more expensive. THANKS！