Five charts to start your day

Happy Monday and hope you are having a great start to the week. Thank you once again to the paid subscribers who signed up last week. I really appreciate the support. It helps me do what I do.

Today, we will start with one of my own.

Here’s what’s coming up:

1. US government interest payments near $1 trillion annually

2. Global debt has surge to $225 trillion in just a few decades

3. Bankruptcies in England and Wales approach historical peak last seen during the Global Financial Crisis

4. BlackRock’s top 25 equity holdings

5. How long does it take for a hacker to figure out your password?

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1. US government interest payment near $1 trillion annually

• $1 trillion! That a lot of money. And that's the amount of interest the US Federal government is close to spending annually on its huge $31.4 trillion debt pile.

• Public borrowing needs are on the rise thanks in part to the Federal Reserve hiking rates to a 22-year high.