Record U.S. Debt and Rising Delinquencies & What’s Going On

About this episode

Dr. Orphe Divounguy and Chris Krug discuss the implications of rising delinquencies and record U.S. debt.

Join economist Dr. Orphe Divounguy and Chris Krug as they discuss Rising Delinquencies on this episode of Everyday Economics! Everyday Economics is an unrehearsed, free-flow discussion of the economic news shaping the day. The thoughts expressed by the hosts are theirs, unedited, and not necessarily the views of their respective organizations.

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Hosts: Dr. Orphe Divounguy, Chris Krug

Topics covered

• U.S. debt
• rising delinquencies
• economic news
• free-flow discussion
• unrehearsed commentary

Keywords

• U.S. debt
• delinquencies
• economics
• economic news
• financial commentary

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