Where is the money coming from to pay for the Stimulus Plan Congress just passed?
amiokhuh asked: Both Japan and China bought US Treasury Bonds/Notes in the past and financed our debt. Both countries need money due to sagging economies, so without them, where do we get a trillion dollars to pay for the spending Congress and the prez approved?
Fed buying 10-year treasuries and more mortgage-securities; how low will rates go?
lguz asked: Anyone want to guess how low mortgage rates will go? The Fed just announced plans to buy $300 bln worth of treasury bonds, and $750 bln of mortgage backed securities. Both moves will affect rates.
Estimates?
treasury bills, notes and bonds? please help?
Nichole asked: am i doing this right….. if i invest $1000 in a treasury bill at a discount rate of 4.790% and the investment rate is 4.930%, then i will pay $952.10 to buy the bill and i will get $1049.30 when it matures?… therefore making a profit of $97.20
if thats not right please tell [...]
are bonds a good investment right now? what should i know?
GRANT. Y asked: i have been trying to research treasury bonds and it sounds like a good thing. ive just been reading about them and im sure its all wrote b4 todays economic situation. how do i go about buying one? give your 2 cents please.
who does the national debt is owed to?
bullet b asked: http://www.optimist123.com/optimist/2006/05/pie_chart_of_wh.html
check this site out. over 3.5 trillion debt is owned by the government. and another 2.6 trillion owned by the public so we own most of the debt of our country. i always had a question was this thing called federal national debt, is that what the people owe the government because [...]
brazilian treasury bond?
antelias asked: i was wondering if i were to buy a 1000 dollars worth of Brazilian treasury bonds with a yield of 15.4% and its a 7 year bond how much money would i end up getting?
and if you could explain how bonds work like how to get paid how you make money off [...]
When countries are no longer able to support the US’s spending or no longer want to, what will happen?
interdependent globalized world asked: When countries reallocate their money towards their own stimulus projects and no longer are able or willing to buy Treasury Bonds to support US spending, what will happen?
What will happen if imports into the US become much more limited after this happens?
I see only disaster, what do you believe will happen?
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