Treasury Yields Are Blowing up CBO Forecasts, and Experts Who Downplayed US Debt Fears Are Worried

Treasury yields are already blowing up the CBO’s long-term forecasts, and experts who previously downplayed U.S. debt fears are now starting to worry

"If interest begets debt, and debt begets interest, eventually debt will spin out of control. A fiscal crisis, once unthinkable, is now a distinct possibility."

Treasury yields are blowing up CBO forecasts, and experts who downplayed US debt fears are worried

The 10-year Treasury yield topped 5% this past week, hitting the highest level since 2007 and blowing way past forecasts for borrowing costs over the next decade. According to the Congressional Budget Office’s most recent long-term outlook issued in February—before the Iran war spiked oil prices and inflation views—the benchmark yield was seen at 4.1% […]