Unraveling the Claim of Trump Financial Engineering

Unraveling the Claim of Trump Financial Engineering
The New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street in New York City on March 5, 2025. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Jeff Carter
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In the coming year, the United States has to refinance $7 trillion in debt that expires. A widely shared March 4 post on social media platform X speculates that President Donald Trump is deliberately engaging in financial engineering to decrease interest rates so refinancing is cheaper.
Jeff Carter
Jeff Carter
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Jeff was an independent trader and member of the CME board, started Hyde Park Angels and West Loop Ventures in Chicago. He has an undergrad degree from the Gies College of Business at Illinois, and an MBA from Chicago Booth.
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