Is America heading toward a national debt crisis? As an economic adviser to President Biden and an economist active in mainly ...

The U.S. national debt is the accumulation of money borrowed to cover the national deficit over time. The highest level of ...

The White House immigration hawk and deputy chief of staff is pointing the finger in the wrong direction when assigning blame ...

Washington quickly brushed off a startling milestone in a mounting problem. By Peter Coy For years, deficit hawks have been ...

CNN — The United States set a big record this week: Our national debt is now over $22 trillion! It's not, actually, the sort of thing that deserves an exclamation point. Better put: Our national debt ...

The U.S. has crossed a threshold that is hard to ignore: the national debt is now larger than the entire economy. As of the end of March, debt reached 100.2% of gross domestic product, a level not ...

Even a federal shutdown can’t keep the national debt from continuing to spiral out of control. The nation’s debt now tops $38 trillion. It’s an unfathomable amount of money, so consider this: Every ...

No individual, corporation, or government ever gets to choose how much money to borrow. Only in academic and pundit circles is such a fanciful notion accepted as realistic. Which requires a brief ...

In a political landscape often defined by deep partisan divides, a striking consensus has emerged among American voters regarding the nation’s financial health. As the United States contends with a ...

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned in a new interview that the U.S. government's rising debt and budget deficits are a problem that will eventually cause bond market issues, and offered his ...

Even a federal shutdown can’t keep the national debt from continuing to spiral out of control. The nation’s debt now tops $38 trillion. It’s an unfathomable amount of money, so consider this: Every ...