Cc9f267dcClaimUnited States federal deficit spending following the March 2020 economic shock reached levels comparable to World War I deficit spendingAgreeDisagree
Cc9f267dcClaimThe US Treasury is showing interest in shifting more of its debt issuance from the long end to the short end of the curveAgreeDisagree
Cc9f267dcClaimThe US Treasury, under Scott Bessent, is reportedly considering ending the issuance of 20-year bondsAgreeDisagree
Cc9f267dcClaimDavid Zervos was hired from Jefferies to work under Scott Bessent at the US TreasuryAgreeDisagree
Cc9f267dcClaimIn the United States, privacy is considered a foundational principle and a prerequisite for the Bill of RightsAgreeDisagree
Cc9f267dcClaimThe market reached new all-time highs despite the fastest Federal Reserve rate hike in U.S. historyAgreeDisagree
Cc9f267dcClaimBuying back a bond for less than its face value plus future interest payments results in a net savings for the United StatesAgreeDisagree
Cc9f267dcClaimThe US Treasury is conducting buybacks of its own bonds to purchase them at a discount and reduce the nation's future liabilitiesAgreeDisagree
Cc9f267dcClaimMembers of the Trump administration are openly reviving the economic principles of Alexander HamiltonAgreeDisagree
Cc9f267dcClaimPresident William McKinley, assassinated in 1901, is described as the last "American system" presidentAgreeDisagree
Cc9f267dcClaimSun Yat-sen's "Three Principles of the People" were based on Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg AddressAgreeDisagree
Cc9f267dcClaimBritish institutions like Chatham House were established to make the United States an enforcer of British imperial policiesAgreeDisagree
Cc9f267dcClaimFollowing World War I, the United States increasingly came under the influence of British imperial policyAgreeDisagree
Cc9f267dcClaimThe U.S. Treasury manages the nation's finances with Congress, while the Federal Reserve's primary role is to prevent a treasury market collapseAgreeDisagree
Cc9f267dcClaimThe Treasury General Account is replenished by issuing new debt, not by tax receiptsAgreeDisagree
Cc9f267dcClaimIn the United States, candidates cannot get elected on a fiscally conservative agendaAgreeDisagree
Cc9f267dcClaimThe government's actions in the bond market are effectively yield curve control, though they will not be labeled as suchAgreeDisagree
Cc9f267dcClaimThe U.S. Treasury does not have the authority to cut spending; that mandate must come from CongressAgreeDisagree
