Browsing: government debt
It wasn’t even a year ago that fiscal hawks were wringing their hands over a new national debt milestone: The…
The U.S. Treasury will likely have borrowed more than $2 trillion by the end of the fiscal year, according to…
The value of debt held by the public has officially surpassed the size of the U.S. economy, and members of…
An excellent new study from the non-partisan Brookings Institution provides an ultra-sobering view of the potential tax increase U.S. families…
Whether or not you agree with President Trump’s methods to drum up revenue to assist with the government’s balance of…
Dr Phillip Swagel is an optimist, both by nature and when he looks at the U.S. economy.This fact is perhaps…
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…