The government’s near-$40 trillion national debt is now costing the Treasury more than $3 billion a day in service payments,...
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The federal government’s tariff windfall is evaporating faster than expected, and the Congressional Budget Office says it’s blowing a $200...
In 2025, the IMF reported that, across the globe, companies, households, and countries had amassed $251 trillion in debt. Looking toward...
The federal government has been running on a hamster wheel of debt by refinancing trillions of dollars every month with...
House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a $95 billion legislative plan focused on boosting defense, aiding farmers and enacting stricter voter...
Today, U.S. debt held by the public currently stands at a staggering $31.68 trillion, a little more than 100% of...
In the debate about the level of threat the U.S. national debt poses to the economy, most people can agree...
Despite concerns from debt hawks, the U.S. government is continuing to borrow at pace: For the fiscal year of 2026...
Believe it or not, U.S. debt was once a source of national strength, before it became a sword of Damocles...
AI could shave $2.2 trillion off the U.S. deficit by 2036. But according to a new working paper from economists...
In the great debate about rebalancing the United States’ debt to its economic growth, the optimists suggest that expanding the...
When President Trump announced his plans for a new tariff regime, he said the action was “primarily to pay down...
Soaring U.S. debt and projections that put it at astronomical levels in the coming years have set off increasing panic,...
Liaquat Ahamed has spent his career studying the moments when the world’s financial system breaks down — the bad bets,...
In the days before the Memorial Day weekend, rates on 30 year Treasury bonds hit their highest level in 19...
The federal government already spends more on debt interest than on Medicaid, national defense, or all non-defense discretionary programs combined....
Recent weeks have seen a major selloff in the bond market as high oil prices spike inflation, but deteriorating U.S....
It wasn’t even a year ago that fiscal hawks were wringing their hands over a new national debt milestone: The...
For decades, Japanese government bonds offered minuscule returns, forcing investors there to look abroad, especially at U.S. financial markets. Japanese...
The U.S. government is technically insolvent, with its liabilities far exceeding its assets, and its financial condition is deteriorating with each...
The U.S. Treasury has paid $628 billion in net interest this year to service its borrowing, according to the the...
The national debt is set to reach $40 trillion in the near future if it continues to grow at its...