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Rockefeller CEO warns US national debt approaching $40 trillion

Greg Fleming, CEO of Rockefeller Capital Management, expressed significant concern over the U.S. national debt, which is approaching $40 trillion. He highlighted that annual deficits are running at 5-7% of GDP during a period of full employment, a situation he finds unsustainable. Fleming noted that interest payments on the debt now exceed the national defense budget, a grim milestone that has become a permanent fixture of the federal budget. AI

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Rockefeller CEO warns US national debt approaching $40 trillion

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Nick Lichtenberg ·

    ‘A fantastic amount of money to have borrowed’: a top Wall Street wealth advisor is stunned by the national debt

    "I'm most focused on the fiscal situation in this country," Rockefeller Capital Management's Greg Fleming told David Rubenstein.