{
  "id": 11432951,
  "title": "Trump just soft-launched higher inflation as the new solution for rebalancing the $40 trillion U.S. national debt",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/trump-just-soft-launched-higher-inflation-as-the-new-solution-for",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-02T11:10:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fortune",
    "slug": "fortune",
    "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/10/02/trump-inflation-growth-national-debt-tariffs-ratio-balance/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "President Trump's administration has floated the idea of tolerating higher inflation as a way to reduce the nation's staggering $40 trillion debt. This approach, which has been advocated for by former President Trump and his economic team, could involve using tariffs or visa revenues to chip away at the debt, rather than relying solely on interest payments. Economist J.P. Morgan has suggested that inflation could be a viable method to \"erode the value of existing debt\" and refinance it at lower rates. However, the Federal Reserve's mandate to keep inflation below 2% presents a significant hurdle to this plan, though Treasury-influenced bond buybacks could offer an alternative path for reducing real interest rates.",
  "summary": "\"You know, inflation, certain levels of inflation will also pay off that debt very rapidly. Very rapidly.\"",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}