Senate bill would add at least $3.3 trillion to the national debt, according to the Congressional Budget Office. That was the headline in the New York Times as the Senate debated Donald Trump’s Big, ...
The government could "tolerate stronger growth and higher inflation, allowing real interest rates to fall and the debt burden ...
The U.S. national debt surpassed another historic milestone as it topped $38 trillion for the first time this week, as the federal government continues to rack up debt at a record-setting pace. New ...
People have been worrying about U.S. debt basically ever since there even was a U.S. “The accumulation of debts is a most fearful evil,” Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1787. At the time, U.S. debt was ...
Big isn’t beautiful when it comes to government debt, but tariffs and the Department of Government Efficiency help to plug the hole left by President Trump’s latest fiscal bill. The net effect will be ...
Elon Musk's U.S. debt concerns are exaggerated; the current debt situation isn't unprecedented or immediately catastrophic for the economy. Neither major political party is willing to meaningfully ...
Sooner or later, lenders will question whether they’ll be repaid in full, and demand much higher interest rates to cover the ...