Scope Sees US Debt Hitting 160% of GDP Within a Decade as Trump Presses for Lower Rates

Scope Ratings warned that US government debt could climb to 160% of GDP within the next decade, according to Investing.com. The agency's projection adds to a growing body of long-term fiscal warnings aimed at Washington's deficit trajectory. The forecast arrives as President Trump has publicly argued that "interest rates are too high, they're not appropriate," per the Motley Fool. But long-duration Treasury bond yields have continued to rise rather than fall, a signal that bond investors are pricing in persistent fiscal risk rather than rewarding calls for easier policy. Rising yields on long bonds typically reflect concern about future debt issuance and inflation, not short-term Federal Reserve policy alone. What remains unresolved is whether Congress takes any near-term action on spending or revenue that would alter the debt trajectory Scope is modeling, or whether the 160% figure proves to be a worst-case scenario contingent on no policy change.