#MrMarket: Copenhagen Consensus and solving the "negative" Moody rating of the US debt. Veronique de Rugy, Mercatus Center
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🗓️ 17 November 2023
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#MrMarket: Copenhagen Consensus and solving the "negative" Moody rating of the US debt. Veronique de Rugy, Mercatus Center
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| 0:42.2 | 31 trillion is the US debt. |
| 0:45.0 | It is not improving. |
| 0:47.0 | It is, however, said to be secure right now because Congress, in its wisdom, |
| 0:52.0 | the House and the Senate, have passed some legislation |
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| 1:05.8 | However, 31 trillion sits there as a large problem for the U.S. now and into the indefinite future. I welcome |
| 1:14.7 | Varenique de Riche of the Mercata Center looking at that debt and asking what |
| 1:19.6 | is to be done. Varenik, a very good evening to you. |
| 1:23.0 | I learn that Moody's agrees with you, Verenique, these many months of writing about the debt |
| 1:29.5 | and how Congress seems to have no ability to understand what it's doing to the future of the United States. |
| 1:35.0 | Moody's agrees. |
| 1:37.0 | Moody's on Friday, according to Reuters, lowered its credit rating outlook on the U.S US to negative from stable as it noted that high |
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