Browsing: Debt
The U.S. government has a lot to pay for at the moment: in addition to mandatory spending like Social Security,…
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) has a ticker on its website: The Retirement Trust Fund Countdown. At…
The Congressional Budget Office’s latest monthly budget says the U.S. government operated at a deficit of $1.17 trillion for the…
The problem with an increasing debt burden is that it costs more to maintain it: This is precisely the issue…
What this borrowing (and its related interest payments) will ultimately mean for the economy remains to be seen: Theories range…
President Donald Trump’s war on Iran is colliding with U.S. debt investors, who demonstrated less appetite for Treasury securities as…
American parents (and students) weighing whether a U.S. college degree is still worth the hefty debt might want to hear…
The U.S.’s eye-watering debt burden poses an “existential threat to the future of our nation,” the chairman of the House…
As the national debt careens above $39 trillion, the Trump Administration is weighing policy changes that could heap hundreds of…
The AI capital expenditure boom has created a gusher of corporate debt, forcing the Treasury Department to make its bonds…