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The 13 Trillion Question : Managing the U.S. Government's Debt.

The underexamined art and science of managing the federal government's huge debt. Everyone talks about the size of the U.S. national debt, now at 13 trillion and climbing, but few talk about how the U.S. Treasury does the borrowing even though it is one of the world's largest borrowers. Ev...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wessel, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : Brookings Institution Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The underexamined art and science of managing the federal government's huge debt. Everyone talks about the size of the U.S. national debt, now at 13 trillion and climbing, but few talk about how the U.S. Treasury does the borrowing even though it is one of the world's largest borrowers. Everyone from bond traders to the home-buying public is affected by the Treasury's decisions about whether to borrow short or long term and what types of bonds to sell to investors. What is the best way for the Treasury to finance the government's huge debt? Harvard's Robin Greenwood, Sam Hanson, Joshua Rudolph.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (178 pages)
ISBN:9780815727071
0815727070