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  • Trump Says Inflation Can Shrink America’s Debt “Very Rapidly”

    10/02/2026 9:19:02 AM PDT · by wafflehouse · 81 replies
    VBL Goldfix ^ | Friday, Oct 02, 2026 | VBL Goldfix
    President Donald Trump said “certain levels of inflation” can reduce the burden of the national debt “very rapidly,” putting a long-running bond-market concern into unusually direct language. The remarks came in a TIME interview conducted Monday and published Thursday, and were reported by the Wall Street Journal’s Nick Timiraos. Trump also said Federal Reserve interest-rate policy is hurting the economy more than inflation and blamed high rates for making it harder to reduce federal deficits. “Certain levels of inflation will also pay off that debt very rapidly. Very rapidly.” Pressed on how Washington could bring down the debt burden, Trump...