Browsing: Debt
Trump tariffs are generating only 25% of the revenue needed to pay interest on national debt
When President Trump announced his plans for a new tariff regime, he said the action was “primarily to pay down…
Social Security faces steep cuts. Senators want to bet on stocks and $27 trillion in debt to save it
Lawmakers have long known that Social Security faces a day of reckoning but have dodged any reforms that would cut…
US debt: This may be the maximum that’s sustainable before interest payments trigger a crisis
Soaring U.S. debt and projections that put it at astronomical levels in the coming years have set off increasing panic,…
Financial markets have lost the security blanket that’s bailed them out of trouble for so long
Stocks continue notching record high after record high as the AI boom overwhelms fears about the global oil shock, but…
Founder says he can tell if you’ll stay stuck in the middle class forever with a simple test
Forget your salary—this space founder says a simple kids’ marshmallow experiment can reveal whether you’re destined to stay middle class…
US debt is the ‘elephant in the room’ amid bond rout as interest costs could drive larger deficits
Recent weeks have seen a major selloff in the bond market as high oil prices spike inflation, but deteriorating U.S.…
It wasn’t even a year ago that fiscal hawks were wringing their hands over a new national debt milestone: The…
The top foreign holders of US debt may soon dump Treasury bonds and bring their money back home
For decades, Japanese government bonds offered minuscule returns, forcing investors there to look abroad, especially at U.S. financial markets. Japanese…
U.S. debt demand weakens as one shock after another stokes fear that high inflation is here to stay
Bonds sold off sharply around the world on Friday as investors brace for persistently elevated inflation amid the ongoing energy…
The government must issue more debt than expected on weak cash flow — ‘the bond market is shouting’
The Treasury Department announced this week that it expects to borrow more than anticipated in the current quarter as incoming…












