In September this year, American debt surpassed the mark of US$ 33 trillion dollars (about R$ 160 trillion) for the first time in history, with annual interest payments that broke the barrier of US$ 1 trillion. As a result, some uncertainty persists about the United States' ability to sustain sovereign debt payments, despite the country continuing to be the world's largest economic power and issuer of the currency most used for international exchange.
In this sense, recent cases such as the impasse witnessed throughout the first half of 2023 regarding the increase in the debt ceiling and the downgrade of the sovereign rating released by Fitch in August, should keep investors more cautious about what the true risk of the American country is. .
