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Eric Hovde: “Debt to GDP peaked out at a little over 120 some odd…”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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2025 Sunwest Bank Economic Forum with Eric Hovde

Published | Video Starts at 1:01:20

What's government doing? Well, debt still remains a challenge. This is federal debt all in red. We're up $38 trillion. Astounding amount of debt. The line is Debt to GDP peaked out at a little over 120 some odd percent. It's come down. Why did it come down even though we're adding debt? Because we used inflation to inflate away a lot of debt holders. (1:01:20–1:01:27)

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