# Five Scenarios for the Federal Debt

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Podcast: [Notes on the Week Ahead](https://stenobird.com/podcast/notes-on-the-week-ahead-645171)
Published: 2026-05-25T14:41:42+00:00
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## Resource

The Financial Accounts of the United States is a quarterly Federal Reserve publication containing a great many large numbers but very little commentary, presumably because the authors feel the numbers speak for themselves. And the numbers do speak rather loudly.

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