Browsing: Debt
The national debt is over $34 trillion. It’s time to tell the truth about the U.S. government’s finances
If anyone living in the United States in the decades immediately after the Second World War had predicted the self-inflicted…
U.S. debt could threaten the economic growth that’s needed to keep the burden sustainable, former IMF official says
Even if the U.S. avoids some of the worst-case scenarios, ballooning debt and the cost of servicing it could eventually…
Americans would no longer have to worry about medical debts dragging down their credit scores under federal regulations proposed Tuesday…
Remember, the U.S. doesn’t have to pay off all its debt, and there’s an easy way to stabilize it, Nobel laureate Paul Krugman says
Ballooning U.S. debt has stirred growing alarm on Wall Street, but economist Paul Krugman isn’t worried and said you shouldn’t…
S&P downgrades France as debt to soar more than expected, putting it on par with Czech and Estonian ratings
S&P Global Ratings downgraded France, tarnishing President Emmanuel Macron’s record for debt management and plunging him deeper into political difficulties…
Janet Yellen warns higher outlook for rates will make it harder to keep deficits and debt expenses under control
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the outlook for higher interest rates over the long haul makes it tougher to contain…
Debt-hungry American companies are flocking to Europe as interest rate cuts fuel $33 billion ‘Reverse Yankee’ effect
A surprise drop in inflation in the Eurozone is helping the continent get a head start on interest rate cuts…
Jamie Dimon once again says we should tackle the national deficit: ‘That is important for the world’
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon urged the U.S. once again to reduce its national deficit, warning it will become “far…
The ‘X Date’ is when the U.S. runs out of cash—and experts fear election chaos could mean another debt ceiling showdown with no Treasury Secretary to steady the ship
When politicians were battling over the debt ceiling last summer, many Americans believed Congress wouldn’t let the country run out…
In the capital of a global power, a political system plagued by dysfunction and soon facing an election is keeping…












