Saturday, October 5, 2019

Global Debt


Total Global Debt in 2019 rose to $246.5 trillion.  Government Debt rose to $66 trillion with Debt to GDP at 80%.

Interest rates have been low for decades. This has forced investors to buy stocks, giving cash to public corporations. Low interest rates have also encouraged excessive government spending and the abandonment of free market controls on prices rendering the costs of US healthcare and education are unsustainable.

Borrowers with low incomes and poor credit histories still pay high interest rates on loans. Banks no longer pay interest on deposits and are required to keep $billions in reserves. Governments and Banks have agreed to keep interest rates low.

The velocity of money in the US has dropped from 2.198 in 1997 to 1.458 in 2019.https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2V.
In 1997 the US still had a middle class and by 2016 the middle class was dead. Now we are attempting to revive the middle class, but we have a long way to go. Personal and household debt is high and consumers are attempting to lower their debt.  Increasing the velocity of money requires increasing disposable income.

Government Debt to GDP by Country


Name
National Debt to GDP 
Population
234.18%
126,854,745
181.78%
11,124,603
176.02%
172.08%
32,779,868
160.57%
6,065,922
127.51%
59,216,525
127.34%
5,309,659
127.31%
287,010
126.66%
560,349
117.54%
10,254,666
116.60%
31,408,823
109.45%
329,093,110
108.79%
5,868,104
105.17%
2,228,075
105.01%
5,542,197
102.01%
1,637,896
99.08%
11,562,784
96.20%
65,480,710
96.05%
826,229
95.83%
29,579,986
95.53%
390,231
95.12%
46,441,049
93.99%
2,906,339
90.83%
10,069,794
90.24%
212,392,717
90.23%
104,084
89.52%
1,198,427
87.25%
74,679
87.08%
101,168,745
85.92%
66,959,016
83.81%
37,279,811
81.23%
110,488
76.86%
43,795,220
75.19%
21,018,859
74.91%
180,454
73.31%
11,783,168
73.17%
4,661,149
72.82%
451,738
72.64%
17,297,495
72.58%
4,140,148
72.16%
213,379
71.97%
8,766,201
71.59%
31,787,566
70.57%
8,186,384
69.80%
2,081,900
69.45%
11,575,964
68.50%
2,938,428
68.04%
18,137,369
67.73%
573,085
67.44%
204,596,442
67.29%
1,368,737,513
66.71%
7,064,242
66.50%
629,355
66.02%
3,654,978
65.90%
30,096,970
65.87%
9,655,361
65.17%
3,482,156
64.86%
4,847,139
63.99%
7,883,123
62.44%
36,635,156
61.69%
11,260
61.38%
8,583,916
59.56%
5,561,389
59.34%
2,109,099
59.11%
1,271,368
58.83%
6,445,405
58.75%
16,743,859
58.52%
2,641,996
58.13%
97,429,061
57.59%
19,718,743
57.55%
56,345
56.95%
403,095
56.95%
52,214,791
56.72%
108,825
56.70%
110,135,635
56.37%
10,014,575
56.12%
786,508
55.92%
4,999,384
55.75%
82,438,639
55.70%
58,065,097
55.58%
2,936,706
55.09%
8,733,407
55.08%
6,218,616
54.61%
33,683
54.44%
1,420,062,022
54.44%
40,412,299
53.68%
95,702
53.43%
132,328,035
52.75%
45,101,781
52.64%
11,801,595
52.62%
32,454,455
52.31%
11,379,861
51.96%
2,743,901
51.70%
288,017
50.91%
17,132,908
50.05%
17,100,444
49.93%
9,433,874
49.88%
9,292,000
49.80%
38,028,278
49.21%
82,820,766
48.58%
13,263,184
48.41%
1,360,104
48.34%
5,001,875
48.17%
49,849,818
47.53%
23,176,691
46.87%
25,531,083
46.86%
918,757
46.56%
5,450,987
46.25%
198,909
45.94%
433,245
45.39%
15,814,345
44.69%
13,398,180
44.67%
1,375,443
44.51%
45,711,874
44.37%
4,825,711
44.09%
3,904,204
44.08%
9,568,688
43.12%
12,794,412
42.22%
2,086,720
41.99%
4,029,750
41.74%
2,292,682
41.58%
69,306,160
41.34%
20,321,560
41.10%
8,608,259
41.05%
25,088,636
40.97%
1,415,414
40.72%
60,913,557
39.12%
4,977,720
38.96%
19,483,360
38.42%
42,679,018
38.38%
3,501,774
38.27%
51,339,238
38.02%
26,969,642
37.87%
10,996,774
37.59%
1,953,723
36.97%
4,226,197
36.66%
5,400,916
36.58%
19,689,140
36.28%
108,106,310
36.19%
16,482,646
35.06%
5,775,224
34.88%
340,566
34.87%
54,336,138
34.58%
6,351,157
34.45%
10,053,135
34.27%
11,242,856
34.06%
25,312,993
33.62%
5,942,561
33.36%
168,065,920
32.88%
120,428
32.42%
4,248,974
31.92%
1,911,108
31.83%
23,758,247
31.49%
11,393
31.41%
2,864,459
31.29%
10,630,589
30.67%
8,586,525
30.25%
269,536,482
29.33%
985,690
28.83%
29,942,018
28.48%
850,910
28.01%
32,933,835
27.86%
82,961,805
27.37%
200,962,417
26.06%
6,981,981
24.64%
17,577,842
24.62%
18,336,653
23.83%
34,140,662
23.25%
53,211
23.14%
18,592,970
22.86%
6,988,739
22.80%
596,992
22.69%
4,792,409
20.65%
32,807,368
20.55%
106,983
19.48%
143,895,551
19.35%
9,682,088
16.41%
635,254
13.31%
86,727,573
12.84%
2,374,636
8.12%
1,303,798
6.32%
37,209,007
2.46%
439,336


Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

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