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Tackling the $40 Trillion National Debt Would Boost Household Income by $36,000, New Analysis Finds — the Possible Silver Bullet for America's Affordability Crisis
A new report from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget argues that deficit reduction is the key to solving America's affordability crisis: with the national debt at $40 trillion, debt-to-GDP near 123%, inflation at 3.4% and the Treasury paying $3 billion a day in interest, stabilising the debt would lift real per-person income growth by 10% over three decades — nearly $36,000 per household versus a high-debt scenario — while a 1.5-point rate decline would save families $5,800 a year on a $500,000 mortgage.
A Thousand Trades in July: Inside Trump's $270m Stock Disclosure and the Ban That Exempts Him
Donald Trump made more than 1,000 stock purchases and sales worth between $79m and $270m in July, a Guardian analysis of his latest financial disclosure found, including up to $25m each of Amazon and Microsoft stock sold on a single day. The White House says the portfolio is independently managed through index-replicating model accounts, even as the House passes a Trump-endorsed trading ban that exempts the president himself.
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