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No wonder the White House wants Warsh to cut: A 1% Fed rate hike costs the Treasury an extra $95 billion a year in national debt interest

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No wonder the White House wants Warsh to cut: A 1% Fed rate hike costs the Treasury an extra $95 billion a year in national debt interest

"Even if primary deficits remain largely unchanged, the growing interest burden materially increases the government's financing needs," the analysts wrote.

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