The White House immigration hawk and deputy chief of staff is pointing the finger in the wrong direction when assigning blame ...

The math is simple and unforgiving. Say both your annual income and your debt equal $100. Suppose you face a 2 percent ...

A trio of recent articles by center-left economists and policy wonks warn about the trajectory of the national debt, ...

The US is projected to borrow over $2 trillion in a fiscal year, raising concerns among economists about fiscal sustainability and geopolitical implications, with interest payments rivaling major ...

The markets are never a snapshot of the present. They’re a look ahead. It’s worth keeping in mind as commentators try to make sense of rising Treasury yields. Take the Washington Post edit ...

Federal debt held by the public now surpasses the total value of the nation's economic output. Here's why experts say that's ...

Washington quickly brushed off a startling milestone in a mounting problem. By Peter Coy For years, deficit hawks have been ...

The U.S. government’s gross national debt – the total amount of money owed its creditors and other financial obligations – hit a record high of more than $38 trillion on Oct. 22, the Treasury ...

U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood said he favors an approach to dealing with the looming Social Security insolvency that takes at least ...

Feb. 11 (UPI) --The nation's debt and federal deficit likely will become unsustainable and worsen by trillions of dollars over the next 10 years, the Congressional Budget Office reported on Wednesday.

The war in Iran reportedly cost $11 billion in the first 10 days. The invalidating of Mr. Trump’s tariffs could require refunding $133 billion from the treasury. Before either of those events, the ...

ROME, March 2 (Reuters) - Italy's budget deficit last ⁠year ⁠failed to fall inside the European Union's ⁠ceiling as targeted by the government, data showed on Monday, casting a shadow over Rome's ...