When the national debt topped $40 trillion last week, it was a round-number milestone that grabbed mainstream media attention. It also coincided with a rough week in the news for Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, whose intervention in the bond markets was widely viewed as a failure.
Undeterred, Bessent on Thursday seemed to dismiss the ballooning national debt as a relative blip on the Treasury's radar.
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