Financing the National Debt: Time for Innovation


 

Publication Date: August 1982

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): George Kaufman

Research Area: Banking and finance

Keywords: Budget

Type: Report

Abstract:

The U.S. Treasury is faced with financing record federal budget deficits for a number of years at least. In such an environment, the Treasury must sell its debt as widely as possible at the lowest possible perpetual interest cost.