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JPMorgan, $JPM, has just capped junior bankers’ hour at 80 per weekFor the first time ever, the U.S. government has spent over $1 trillion this year on interest payments for its $35.3 trillion national debt, according to a report from the Treasury Department on Thursday.With the Federal Reserve maintaining its highest benchmark rates in 23 years, the government has spent $1.049 trillion on debt service so far, marking a 30% increase from the same period last year. This is part of a projected $1.158 trillion in total payments for the year.After accounting for the interest earned on its investments, the net interest payments amount to $843 billion, surpassing all other expenditure categories except Social Security and Medicare.This increase in debt service costs coincides with a sharp rise in the U.S. budget deficit, which approached $2 trillion for the year in August.With one month remaining in the fiscal year, the August deficit surged by $380 billion, a stark contrast to the $89 billion surplus recorded for the same month last year, largely due to accounting adjustments related to student debt forgiveness.This brings the 2024 deficit to nearly $1.9 trillion, a 24% increase from the previous year.While the Federal Reserve is anticipated to reduce rates slightly by a quarter percentage point next week, Treasury yields have recently dropped in anticipation of further rate adjustments. The yield on the benchmark 10-year note is now approximately 3.7%, down more than three-quarters of a percentage point since early July.