Many Americans have grown numb to headlines about trillion-dollar deficits and a national debt that will destroy the U.S.

Despite the Trump administration’s focus on cost cutting and the additional revenue coming from tariffs, the deficit is as ...

California hasn’t turned the corner on its growing government debt problems — and it’s not even really trying. It’s been 13 ...

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The U.S. defaulting on its financial obligations would have catastrophic and worldwide consequences. Some financial experts have even predicted that it could trigger a worldwide downturn equal to the ...

The national debt jumped $1 trillion in 82 days and is expected to keep climbing. How that could affect you and your financial health.

The U.S. debt has reached $37 trillion. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with billionaire and hedge fund manager Ray Dalio about the ramifications of the debt crisis.

General government gross debt will rise by more than 20 percentage points from now to reach 143.4 per cent of the country’s ...

A new UN-backed forum launched on Wednesday to help developing nations escape the weight of unsustainable debt – which has ...