{"id":129809,"date":"2026-08-23T10:36:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T10:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/23\/40tn-debt-1-8tn-deficit-why-us-fiscal-strain-is-worrying-global-markets\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T10:36:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T10:36:05","slug":"40tn-debt-1-8tn-deficit-why-us-fiscal-strain-is-worrying-global-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/23\/40tn-debt-1-8tn-deficit-why-us-fiscal-strain-is-worrying-global-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"$40tn debt, $1.8tn deficit: Why US fiscal strain is worrying global markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US public debt has now surpassed forty trillion dollars, and the fiscal deficit continues to widen.  Rising Treasury yields are emerging as a key market risk, potentially pressuring equities.  Government spending has surged while receipts have declined, compounding financial pressures.  Interest payments have become a major federal budget burden, surpassing Medicare spending.  This fiscal backdrop is seen as supportive for gold prices.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US public debt has now surpassed forty trillion dollars, and the fiscal deficit continues to widen. Rising Treasury yields are emerging as a key market risk, potentially pressuring equities. Government spending has surged while receipts have declined, compounding financial pressures. Interest payments have become a major federal budget burden, surpassing Medicare spending. This fiscal backdrop&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/23\/40tn-debt-1-8tn-deficit-why-us-fiscal-strain-is-worrying-global-markets\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">$40tn debt, $1.8tn deficit: Why US fiscal strain is worrying global markets<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":129810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129809"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}