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minus-squarestratosfear@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·9 months agoShort answer, I misunderstood. “Debt held by the public” sounds like my credit card debt, but it’s not. That is (obvious now) private debt. https://www.crfb.org/papers/qa-gross-debt-versus-debt-held-public https://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/page1-econ/2020/03/02/making-sense-of-private-debt
Short answer, I misunderstood. “Debt held by the public” sounds like my credit card debt, but it’s not. That is (obvious now) private debt.
https://www.crfb.org/papers/qa-gross-debt-versus-debt-held-public
https://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/page1-econ/2020/03/02/making-sense-of-private-debt