http://tinyurl.com/24rzze8 1. Moody's warned that if Barack Obama's tax deal with the Republicans becomes law, it will increase the likelihood that Moody's could soon be forced to slash the rating of U.S. government debt. 2. U.S. Treasuries suffered their largest two day sell-off since the collapse of Lehman Brothers back in September 2008. 3. The yield on 10-year Treasury bonds set a six-month high on Monday before pulling back a bit. 4. Yields on 10-year Treasury bonds have been steadily rising since October 7th. 5. The U.S. government budget deficit rose to $150.4 billion in November, which was the largest November budget deficit ever recorded. 6. The rest of the globe reacted very negatively to the new round of quantitative easing that the Federal Reserve announced back in November. 7. The American people have less faith in the Federal Reserve and in the financial system than at any other point in recent memory. 8. Investors all over the globe are starting to wake up and realize that America's debt problem is unsolvable. 9. There is also a growing feeling among investors that the Federal Reserve simply does not care about the danger of inflation, and this is making bondholders very nervous. 10. The U.S. government is somehow going to have to find a way to finance debt that is equivalent to 27.8 percent of GDP in 2011. --

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