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BORROWED TIME? Thomas Tzitzouris, head of fixed income research at New York City-based Strategas Research Partners, says households that have endured rising costs because of inflation will now have to deal with the debt they’ve built up. 
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Economist: After high inflation, debt may hold back momentum

Inflation may have cooled in recent months, but households in Rhode Island and beyond continue to feel the aftereffects. Thomas Tzitzouris, head of fixed income...

The pain of Uncle Sam’s higher interest payments

Consumers and businesses aren’t the only ones feeling the pain of higher borrowing costs because of Federal Reserve rate hikes. Uncle Sam is too. The...

Lots of sound and fury on U.S. debt, but not a...

WASHINGTON (AP) – For all the sound and fury about raising the nation's debt limit, most economists say federal borrowing is not at a...
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