• The fact that U.S. government debt has exceeded 100% of GDP for the first time since World War II caught the attention of several market commentators. Mitch Zacks at Zacks Investment Management notes the 1940’s debt peak at 106% of GDP, “eventually declined not because the government aggressively paid down debt, but because economic growth, inflation,…
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