Econ Facts – US Treas Dept buying back our own debt

➡️ Many countries selling down their US debt ⬅️

• Our US Bond Market is vulnerable

• Treasury Dept buying back 6 Billion of our own debt to stabilize (3x normal)

• Many countries are selling down their amount of US debt, and moving gold from our reserves to other countries – Japan, Norway, the Netherlands, India, Switzerland, Brazil and China are all reducing their US bond holdings

• Demonstrates distrust of the US as an ally and as a safe investment haven 

• Our $40 Trillion debt = ANNUAL interest payment of $1.25 Trillion just to keep our head above water

• Oil hit $100.25 per barrel today

• This ongoing Iran War has no end in sight

• The 50% Canada tariffs and their $27 Billion counter-tariffs will hurt all of us

• Canada is PA’s #1 export partner – this tariff war will hurt!!

• The double edge fertilizer battle with less supply from the Strait of Hormuz and now the Canada tariff war… very bad news for farmers which will drive them out of business and/or they’ll pass along in higher food prices

• Tyson Foods cut their beef production by 50% as we have a severe beef/cattle shortage

•  climate change, fertilizer prices, high interest rate loans are crushing cattle ranchers

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