VERONIQUE DE RUGY: How Much Trouble Are We In? “We are in a lot of a trouble. . . . Talking about the payment on our debt, here are some scary facts. According to the CBO alternative scenario (which makes more realistic assumptions than the regular baseline scenario), interest rates on the ten-year are expected to increase from 3.4 percent in 2010 to 5.9 percent in 2016–2020. The average maturity is currently right around five years.”