US Government’s Fiscal Mess: Interest Payments on the Treasury Debt, Interest Rates, Tax Receipts, and Debt-to-GDP Ratio in Q2 2025

wolfstreet.com/2025/08/28/us-governments-fiscal-mess-interest-payments-on-the-treasury-debt-interest-rates-tax-receipts-and-debt-to-gdp-ratio-q2-2025

An ugly situation. But capital gains taxes and tariffs helped. And the debt ceiling covered up part of the problem.
By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET.
Tax receipts by the federal government jumped by $39 billion (+4.8%) in Q2 from Q1 and by $108 billion (+14.7%) year-over-year, to $845…

This story appeared on wolfstreet.com, 2025-08-29 04:33:41.
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