Finance & Banking — U.S. Debt Burden Surpasses Economic Output, Raising Concerns for Policymakers.

Finance & Banking · 2026-05-03

TODAY'S SIGNAL — The U.S. fiscal position has reached an inflection point that Finance & Banking professionals cannot afford to treat as background noise. Debt-to-GDP has crossed 100%, interest payments are becoming a dominant driver of future deficits, and rating agencies are openly warning of 'long-running deterioration' in fiscal governance. This creates a feedback loop: higher debt forces…