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US is spending record amounts servicing its national debt – interest rate hikes add billions to the cost

  • Written by Gerald P. Dwyer, Professor Emeritus of Economics and BB&T Scholar, Clemson University
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Consumers and businesses aren’t the only ones feeling the pain of higher borrowing costs because of Federal Reserve rate hikes. Uncle Sam is too.

The U.S. government spent a record US$213 billion on interest payments on its debt in the fourth quarter, up $63 billion from a year...

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