Skip to main content
See every side of every news story
Published • loading... • Updated

National Economic Advisor Says Trump 'Won't Inflate Our Way Out of Debt.' Trump Says, Yes We Will.

Summary by 24/7 Wall St.
Kevin Hassett answered simply. Bloomberg’s Open Interest asked whether the White House planned to “inflate our way out of debt.” He replied, “No, absolutely not.” President Trump gave a different answer. In a Time magazine interview published October 1, he said, “Certain levels of inflation will also pay off that debt very rapidly. Very rapidly.” […]

5 Articles

Lean Left

Interest payments in the US have gone from being a minor nuisance to the second largest item in the federal budget in just six years.

·Ljubljana, Slovenia
Read Full Article

Donald Trump claims that "some levels of inflation" would make it possible to repay "very quickly" the US federal debt, which amounts to $40,000 billion. The mechanism does exist and has already served in the past. Yet it has a cost, and depends on a condition that the United States is struggling to meet today. The Trump article relies on inflation to repay US debt first appeared on Cryptoast.

Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/yearSubscribe

Bias Distribution

  • 50% of the sources lean Left, 50% of the sources are Center
50% Center

Factuality Info Icon

To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

Ownership

Info Icon

To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage

TokenPost broke the news on Friday, October 2, 2026.
Too Big Arrow Icon
Sources are mostly out of (0)

Similar News Topics

News
Feed Dots Icon
For You
Search Icon
Search
Blindspot LogoBlindspotLocal