The U.S. government’s debt is not a cause for concern, as it is self-funded and the Federal Reserve can always step in to ...

Two decades after a GOP vice president declared that deficits don’t matter, Trump and his party are going all out to test ...

Ben Harris is director of economic studies at the Brookings Institution and the former chief economist at the Treasury ...

President Trump’s newly passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act will, by most conventional estimates, add trillions to America’s national debt to pay for permanent tax cuts. Republicans insist the bill ...

Budget hawks have fretted for decades about America’s deficits and debt, repeatedly advising our government to embrace ...

As of July 3, 2025, the U.S. national debt stands at $36.2 trillion. Much like bank loans, the national debt has interest ...

The national debt now stands at $107,000 per citizen, with the debt-to-gross domestic product ratio exceeding 100%.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is required by law to provide economic analyses on major legislation.

The Republican budget will add trillions to the national debt. Trump should channel Eisenhower to keep things in check.

The measure cements into law much of Trump’s agenda and is being hailed by the president and his supporters as a major ...