Jim Rickards

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2,787 appearances 21 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2025 last heard 4d ago

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It's at about a hundred and twenty four percent, give or take, which is an all time higher higher than the end of World War Two.

But the but the market asks themselves the following question, is it going up or coming down?

Even though it's high and that does slow growth and it's way high, if it's coming down, that's a good thing.

In nineteen uh forty-five, at the end of World War II, it was about 120%, a little bit lower than it is today, but that was the all-time high.

In nineteen eighty, when Ronald Reagan was sworn in, that number was thirty percent.

So how did we get it from a hundred?

Now, by the way, the debt tripled.

The deficits tripled.

Боді економій темс.

And so the ratio went down, not because the debt was going away, it didn't.

It got a lot bigger, but the economy grew even faster.

So Besson has got it exactly right.

I mean, of course he understands this, but you know, it's fifth grade math.

As long as the economy is growing faster.

Than the debt, then the ratio is going down and the market will have confidence.

That what that's what matters, not the $40 trillion.

But Besson left one thing out.

When you say growth for this purpose, when you're doing the analysis I just outlined

You're talking about nominal growth.

Nominal growth is real growth plus inflation.

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