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The Hidden Cost of Your Savings in a High Debt Era
Lucas and Luna explore how the federal debt-to-GDP ratio hitting 122.6 percent is quietly reshaping the real return on your savings. With ten-year Treasury yields at 5.22 percent, nominal returns look healthy, but inflation-adjusted purchasing power tells a different story. They break down why holding cash or short-term bonds might be losing ground to long-term fiscal pressures, using Robert E. Hall’s Nobel-winning research on labor market dynamics to explain the structural forces at play. This episode moves beyond headline deficit numbers to examine the compounding impact of interest…
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