From Marketwatch today:
The U.S. government will run a $1.2 trillion budget deficit in fiscal 2009, the Congressional budget Office estimated Wednesday, offering a stark assessment of the red ink facing the country and the incoming administration of President-elect Barack Obama...Here is the rest of the story.
"The overall deficit number is a challenge to President-elect Obama, who is seeking to enact a major stimulus plan of close to $800 billion...
"Enactment of an economic stimulus plan would add to that deficit," the CBO warned Wednesday..."
Do you get that? This article is suggesting that the total 2009 U.S. Government deficit is likely to reach $2 trillion this year, if the Obama economic stimulus package is enacted as expected! And that doesn't even include the debts and balance sheet obligations incurred by the Treasury and Federal Reserve!
Perhaps this is why treasuries are selling off today (see above chart).
