There's a $9 trillion corporate debt bomb 'bubbling' in the US economy

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At first glance, it looks like a $9 trillion time bomb ready to detonate, a corporate debt load that has continued to escalate thanks to easy borrowing terms and a seemingly endless thirst from investors.

 

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kerner_gary 😱😰🤮☠️😵👹...trump is Bankrupting our Beloved Country...And NO ONE in our Government can come up with a way to stop it? Congress is busy packing their bags to go on Easter Vacation and can’t be bothered! Meanwhile, USA is burning down...

kerner_gary Is it just me? I see Donald Trump in the bubble reflection.

Yep many of the firms used part of the funds to buy back shares to increase EPS and their compensation. You can’t make this stuff up.

It's going to end terribly - see my warnings about this:

With student debt, about half our GDP

2008?

This is scary....we will see a new Great Depression if we continue to let greed be the prevailing rule

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