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Lucas and Luna examine the mechanics of national debt, Treasury issuance, and long-term fiscal sustainability through the lens of current market data and historical precedent. Each episode starts from a fresh figure — a yield curve inversion, a CBO long-term projection, an auction bid-to-cover ratio — and follows the chain of cause and effect: what that number means for government borrowing costs, for private investment, for the dollar's reserve status, and for the trade-offs policymakers face between growth and solvency. The conversations move from a specific data point into the institutional structures that govern federal finance: the role of the primary dealer system, the strategic importance of the foreign holder base, the interaction between Fed rate decisions and debt servicing costs, and the political economy of deficit politics. Lucas brings the journalistic discipline of calling a trend by its real-world name — 'that's not an infrastructure investment, it's a transfer payment dressed in hard hats' — while Luna tests assumptions with practical questions: 'If the term premium is rising because of supply saturation, at what point does the auction fail, and what happens then?' The listener is treated as someone who already understands compound interest, present value, and basic macro, and wants to know how the machinery actually works. No party allegiances, no policy cheerleading — just the arithmetic of a nation's balance sheet and the implications for asset prices, inflation, and the next generation's tax burden. Can a country with a debt-to-GDP ratio above 100% still borrow at 4% without crowding out private investment, and where is the actual limit?
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The U.S. Treasury now issues more short-term debt than at any point since the financial crisis. Lucas and Luna explain why the government is effectively borrowing on a credit card — issuing bills with maturities under on
Lucas and Luna dig into a puzzling signal in the Treasury market: the 3-month bill yield is holding near 3.78 percent while the 10-year sits at 4.49. That narrow 71-basis-point gap is historically abnormal and suggests t
This week on The National Debt Podcast, Lucas and Luna connect two seemingly separate dots: the rising long-term unemployment rate and the accelerating national debt. With federal debt at 38.5 trillion dollars and the 30
Lucas and Luna dig into a puzzle that flummoxes the bond market: the Fed has cut short-term rates to 3.63 percent, but the 30-year Treasury yield sits stubbornly at 4.98 percent. They walk through the data—the 10-year at
Lucas and Luna explore what the 30-year Treasury yield hovering near 5 percent means for the federal debt trajectory. With the yield at 4.99 percent as of early June 2026, they discuss how persistent long-term rates resh
The national debt has surpassed $38.5 trillion, with interest costs consuming a growing share of the federal budget. Lucas and Luna examine how the latest economic data—strong payrolls, rising tariffs, and elevated bond
The yield curve between the 10-year and 2-year Treasury has been positive for months, but today it's narrowing again. Lucas and Luna dig into why the spread matters beyond the usual recession signal — focusing on how the
Lucas and Luna unpack what the latest Treasury auction data reveals about changing demand dynamics. With the 10-year note yield hovering near 4.45 percent and the 30-year bond above 4.97 percent, auction bid-to-cover rat
Episode 26 of The National Debt Podcast examines a structural shift in the Treasury market: as the total federal debt surpasses $38.5 trillion, the composition of bond buyers is changing. Lucas and Luna discuss how forei
Episode 25 of The National Debt Podcast examines the hidden fiscal cost of the Iran war. With the federal debt at 38.5 trillion dollars and debt-to-GDP at 122.6 percent, the conflict is compounding inflation and forcing
As the national debt crosses 38.5 trillion dollars and the 30-year Treasury yield hovers near 5 percent, Lucas and Luna explore how foreign buyers are retreating from US debt auctions. The episode digs into the shifting
Lucas and Luna break down how the U.S. national debt has surged past 38.5 trillion dollars, with a specific focus on the $450 annual energy cost hit to households from the Iran conflict. They examine why war-related spen
In this episode of The National Debt Podcast, Lucas and Luna examine how the Iran conflict is driving up energy prices and creating a new fiscal strain on the federal budget. With core inflation at 3.3% and the 30-year y
In this episode of The National Debt Podcast, Lucas and Luna examine a quiet but critical shift in the federal budget: interest on the national debt is now consuming a larger share of tax revenue than federal spending on
With the US national debt breaking through $38.5 trillion and the debt-to-GDP ratio climbing above 122%, Lucas and Luna dig into why the debt is growing faster than ever — even before the next recession. They break down
Episode 19 of The National Debt Podcast drills into the 30-year Treasury yield, which has crossed 5 percent for the first time in over a decade. Lucas and Luna examine why the long bond is breaking out while shorter-term
Episode 18 of The National Debt Podcast examines a quiet but consequential shift in the US Treasury market: foreign official holdings of US government debt have declined by roughly $100 billion over the past year, accord
The national debt has climbed past $38.5 trillion, and the federal deficit is still running nearly $1.8 trillion annually. But the real story isn't the raw number — it's the compounding effect of higher interest rates on
The U.S. Treasury is paying the highest long-term borrowing costs in decades, with the 30-year bond yield above 5 percent and the 10-year at 4.5 percent. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore why the Treasury has been
The 30-year Treasury yield has stayed above 5% for weeks while the short end remains anchored near 3.6%. Lucas and Luna break down what this persistent steepening means for the federal government's borrowing strategy, wh
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