Paul Krugman

@paulkrugman ↗

Deleted No

Hibernated No

Last Checked April 2, 2021

Created

Fri Mar 05 13:33:58 +0000 2021

Likes

122

Retweets

Source

Twitter Web App

View Raw Data

JSON Data

View on Twitter

Likely Available

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Mostly it's just the assumption — and it's just an assumption — that the interest rate on federal debt will rise drastically, back to levels we haven't seen since before the 2008 financial crisis 5/ https://t.co/LsXVJacEFS — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 5, 2021

Preceded By

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

So what's driving those debt service projections? You might think it's snowballing debt: more debt leading to more interest burden leading to even more debt. But nooooo ... 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 5, 2021

Followed By

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

If you believe, as I think you should, that we're in a protracted era of low rates/savings glut, this is unreasonable. And in any case, you shouldn't read CBO as saying that "we're on an unsustainable path" That's not what it says 6/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 5, 2021