In a recent interview, Ray Dalio’s analysis reveals a looming economic reckoning most investors are ignoring. “The US government spends $7 trillion a year. It takes in $5 trillion a year,” he explains, painting a stark picture of unsustainable deficits. The result? A “supply of debt that the US will have to sell is about $12 trillion” annually—a tidal wave of borrowing that risks triggering an “economic heart attack.”
