From today's Wall Street Journal (Europe edition, page 10).
"Although the [debt] numbers are big, our capacity to service those obligations has increased as well, and so it's less of a threat." - that's really good to notice!
Quote:U.S. debt to rest of world hits highThe U.S. has racked up $2.69 trillion in net debt to the rest of the world, a record run of charges on the national credit card.