The country risks an economic "heart attack" if lawmakers are unable to reel in the national debt, warns one hedge fund ...

The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) latest budget and economic outlook includes a troubling projection for net inte ...

This begs the question: how much of the U.S. national debt is each president responsible for, and which presidents increased the debt the most? Over the past 60 years, nearly every U.S. president ...

A type of risky debt that has taken US capital markets by storm in the past year is now emerging in bonds designed to unlock hundreds of billions in lending for the world’s poorest.

as it so often has in recent years, with calls from Republican politicians for wrestling down the national debt, which is near a record level relative to the size of the economy. But this time ...

In the 16 years since, we have accumulated another $25 trillion. The national debt is now growing at $6.6 billion daily. But it is not just the size of the debt that should trouble us. Government ...

The facts about the national debt are dire, and its dangerous trajectory has only accelerated in recent years. In February 2022, our national debt hit $30 trillion, and in October of the same year ...

The Growing Debt Crisis The United States' national debt has surged past $36 trillion ... as a percentage of our economy, is almost at 100%. It's almost the entire size of our economy.

The United States national debt is projected ... will only alleviate some of the pressure on the national debt. For the current fiscal year, the federal deficit is projected to reach $1.87 ...

The three-month fiscal year 2025 deficit rose to $710.9 billion ... to send deficits spiraling and have pushed the national debt past the $36 trillion mark. The federal budget sank further ...

The debt ceiling, which caps how much money the Treasury can owe to pay the country’s bills, was reestablished earlier this month after being suspended for the past year and half. The national ...