PUT IT ON THE CARD
In the 1-year since the declaration of a “national emergency” on 3/13/20, the US national debt has increased $4.46 trillion from $23.44 trillion to $27.90 trillion. (Source: Treasury Department)
RISING RATES
From its all-time closing low of 0.501% on Monday 3/09/20, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note has more than tripled to close at 1.634% as of Friday 3/12/21. (Source: Treasury Department)
NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE
To rank in the top 1% of US taxpayers took $85,428 of adjusted gross income (AGI) in 1981. To rank in the top 25% of US taxpayers took $87,044 of AGI in 2018. (Source: Internal Revenue Service)
