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In a monthly fiscal statement, the US ran deficit of more than a trillion dollars in five months, leading analysts to suspect that we might be in for a debt crisis. In this video, we’re taking a look at the government budget, why the deficit doesn’t appear to be going down, and whether the US could actually enter a full-blown debt crisis.

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1 – https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/government-budget
2 – https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60843/htm
3 – https://tradingeconomics.com/israel/government-budget
4 – https://www.ft.com/content/0d098011-0ff5-4125-8cbb-5a5b281c9bd0
5 – https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/03/fact-check-president-trump-will-always-protect-social-security-medicare/
6 – https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/2023_US_Federal_Budget_Infographic.png
7 – https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-12/us-budget-gap-hits-record-1-1-trillion-for-fiscal-year-so-far
8 – https://x.com/albertedwards99/status/1900064914435199084/photo/1
9 – https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-03-13/government-shutdown-may-be-averted-at-cost-of-good-policy
10 – https://www.crfb.org/blogs/trump-tax-priorities-total-5-11-trillion
11 – https://www.propublica.org/article/how-doge-irs-cuts-will-cost-more-than-savings-trump-musk-deficit
12 – https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/files/reports-statements/mts/mts0225.pdf
13 – https://www.pgpf.org/article/what-is-the-national-debt-costing-us/
14 – https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2024/06/11/dollar-dominance-in-the-international-reserve-system-an-update

00:00 – Introduction
00:51 – Context
02:11 – Why Things Are Getting Worse
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