US Debt Interest Costs and Gold Prices: The 2026 Outlook - Discovery Alert
US Debt Interest Costs and Gold Prices: The 2026 Outlook - Discovery Alert
Source: Discovery Alert
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DW NOTE
The US will pay roughly $1 trillion in interest this fiscal year on $36 trillion in debt — more than the defence budget, more than Medicare. When your interest bill exceeds your capacity to tax without triggering revolt, you don't have a debt problem, you have a sovereignty problem, and gold at $4,030 is the market pricing in how that gets resolved.