Macro-financial risk
2026-04-26
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Bills, Coupons, and the Buyer Rotation: How Treasury Finances a USD 2 Trillion Deficit in 2026
The Treasury runs a roughly USD 28 trillion debt stock and a USD 2 trillion fiscal deficit through 2026 with rising bills share, the foreign buyer base flattening, and the Fed runoff at residual pace. The marginal-buyer question now sits with stablecoins, money funds, and US households.
United States Treasury debt held by the public crossed USD 28 trillion in early 2025 and tracks toward USD 30 trillion by year end 2026 on Congressional Budget Office baselines. The fiscal year 2025 deficit settled near USD 1.85 trillion; FY2026 baseline runs USD 2.0 to 2.1 trillion before any IEEPA tariff revenue or expiring TCJA provisi...