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A lesson in measuring the federal debt | FRED Blog

Andy | January 23, 2021

A lesson in measuring the federal debt | FRED Blog

What’s the debt level of the U.S. federal government? The answer isn’t as straightforward as it may seem. A quick search on RE for “federal debtȁ delivers the graph above, which shows the total level of the federal debt, in millions of dollars, at a quarterly frequency since first quarter 1966. The latest figure, as of the writing of this post, corresponds to second quarter 2019 and amounts to over $22 trillion. We can also express the federal debt as a percentage of GP, like so:

In 1970, the federal debt was $372 billion

Andy | January 23, 2021

In 1970, the federal debt was $372 billion.

In at end of quarter 2020, the federal debt was $26,477 billion.

Why Fights Over The COVID-19 Vaccine Are Everywhere On Facebook | FiveThirtyEight

Andy | January 23, 2021

Why Fights Over The COVID-19 Vaccine Are Everywhere On Facebook | FiveThirtyEight

Donald Trump Built a National Debt So Big (Even Before the Pandemic) That It’ll Weigh Down the Economy for Years — ProPublica

Andy | January 23, 2021

Donald Trump Built a National Debt So Big (Even Before the Pandemic) That It’ll Weigh Down the Economy for Years — ProPublica

The “King of debt promised to reduce the national debt — then his tax cuts made it surge. Add in the pandemic, and he oversaw the third-biggest deficit increase of any president.

Where’s All the Damn Ammo? Federal Premium’s President Has Some Answers | Outdoor Life

Andy | January 23, 2021

Where’s All the Damn Ammo? Federal Premium’s President Has Some Answers | Outdoor Life

Last week I was riding around South Texas with Jason Vanderbrink, the president of ammunition for Vista Outdoor. In other words, he’s the big boss for ederal Premium Ammunition, CCI, Speer, and now Remington ammunition. This is a pretty wild time to be running an ammo company: There are an estimated 7 million new gun owners in the U.S. this year, consumers have been panic-buying rounds in everything from .22LR to .300 Win. Mag., and retailers are backordered for months; plus, there’s the global pandemic complicating supply chains and workers’ safety.

So, we know the question that’s on the minds of every hunter and shooter: Where’s the ammo?