The U.S. government ran a slightly smaller budget shortfall in the most recent year thanks to higher tariff revenue — but the ...

There has been little discussion about how to reduce the nearly $2 trillion federal deficit, and questions remain over the ...

The U.S. is heading towards a financial crisis, and the process is happening at a slow pace, cautioned David Kelly, the chief ...

The US debt is edging toward $38 trillion, rising $4.2 million every minute, reinforcing Bitcoin’s case as a hedge against ...

The US national debt has hit a record $37.8 trillion. It keeps rising fast. The government is borrowing $25 billion every day ...

Billionaire investor Ray Dalio has issued a stark warning about the trajectory of the U.S. government's finances, describing ...

The deepest markets in the world continue to tell us that paying off the $37 trillion national debt will be the easy part, but budget experts are arguably missing the message. Think the Cato Institute ...

The US national debt, now at $36.2 trillion, is money the government borrows by issuing Treasury securities to finance its spending, with foreign countries holding $9.05 trillion. Countries buy US ...

Last week, the national debt surpassed $37 trillion, twice what it was just a decade ago. Once upon a time, the national debt was the subject of intense national debate. Democrats and Republicans once ...

America’s national debt recently set a record by surpassing $37 trillion, bringing renewed attention to a topic that regularly makes headlines but isn’t always easily understood. One reason for the ...

The United States has emerged as the most indebted nation in the world, carrying a staggering $32.9 trillion in national debt ...