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Artificial intelligence could be the ticket out of stunted economic growth while risking the future of increasingly high-skilled jobs

The Treasury Department announced a new effort Monday to help the financial sector replace widely used cryptographic tools that could eventually be broken by quantum computers.

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As U.S. public debt surpassed the $40 trillion mark for the first time in history, long-term U.S. yields have reignited alarms over the cost of financing debt, in a potentially explosive cocktail that has raised red flags across financial markets, given that interest expenses have already become one of the fastest-growing budget items for the…

CNBC came out with a story this morning along the lines that the Treasury could potentially use the Treasury general account (TGA) to help finance Treasury buybacks (dealt with here). Big deal or no? We’d argue no, not really. Why?

Interest rates rebounded Thursday despite efforts by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to put a lid on longer-term borrowing costs, a sign Wall Street investors remain worried about burgeoning government debt, heavy borrowing by tech firms, and the Federal Reserve’s commitment to fighting inflation

Interest rates rebounded Thursday despite efforts by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to put a lid on longer-term borrowing costs, a sign Wall Street investors remain worried about burgeoning government debt, heavy borrowing by tech firms, and the Federal Reserve’s commitment to fighting inflation

Marc Beckman, First Lady Melania Trumps senior advisor, discusses the ‘Trump Accounts’ investment program for children, advocating for auto-enrollment.