debt to GDP

“We'll eventually go past 200. Somebody will clamor and, you know, be anxiety riddled, but they'll take some SSRIs. They'll be okay. We'll keep moving forward. Then we'll get to 300%.”

“If we lose American primacy, it's because of that, not because of debt to GDP.”

“I think that debt to GDP will continue to rise, not just for us, but for every other country in the world whose fate is worse than the United States. And I think that on a relative basis, the United States will continue to be exceptional. And that this will no…”

“And 52 nations that have reached that level of debt to GDP, only one of them has not had to restructure their currency or restructure their debt payments.”

“In five years, it'll still be the same. It'll just be a different debt to GDP number that gives you anxiety.”

“The US government deficit in excess of two trillion dollars this year, debt to GDP in excess of a 130%.”

“It's not clear that there's a real correlation between debt to GDP and the performance over large longitudinal periods of times as a country.”

“I mean, the seven percent debt to GDP in peacetime with an expanding economy, never seen that before.”

“I think debt to GDP, quite honestly, if I had to be a betting man, will trend into the two, three, four, five, 600 on a relative basis for all countries. Because I just think the governments of these countries are addicted to spending.”