Browsing: government debt
Despite concerns from debt hawks, the U.S. government is continuing to borrow at pace: For the fiscal year of 2026…
In the great debate about rebalancing the United States’ debt to its economic growth, the optimists suggest that expanding the…
When President Trump announced his plans for a new tariff regime, he said the action was “primarily to pay down…
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,…