Browsing: national debt
China’s debt interest costs are soaring—and growing faster than any other major budget category
The world is flooded with debt, but while the U.S. and Europe have caused angst on global markets lately, China’s…
US debt is increasingly at the mercy of the market as interest costs surge as debt ceiling looms
The recent jump in Treasury yields has highlighted how vulnerable the U.S. debt outlook is to the bond market, which…
What the bond market reveals about Congress, the national debt and the middle class—and where America goes from here
The bond market is repricing the federal government’s fiscal folly. Congress knows it can’t touch the middle class and has…
It was an outcome that droves of economists warned was coming: Higher inflation being tolerated—consciously or otherwise—to bring down the…
Trump’s $5,000 pledge and the bond market revolt shows it’s a voter bribe — costing every American $8,000
In February 1993, weeks into Bill Clinton’s presidency, James Carville famously quipped: “I used to think if there was reincarnation,…
Trump’s $5,000 ‘dividend’ is really a $1.15 trillion hole in the deficit, top economist estimates
President Donald Trump’s pledge to send every American adult a $5,000 check if Republicans hold Congress in November carries a…
Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ projected to add a big, unbeautiful $3.4 trillion to the national debt over the next decade
Working to keep the majority in Congress, Republicans at the midterm convention in Dallas are showcasing their chief legislative accomplishment — the sweeping…
Trump proposes $5,000 check for midterm win as CBO says deficits hit $2 trillion for 2026
President Trump has promised that every adult American could receive a $5,000 windfall if Republicans win both chambers of Congress…
In 2025, the IMF reported that, across the globe, companies, households, and countries had amassed $251 trillion in debt. Looking toward…
J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says he is against investing his personal wealth any further into long-dated Treasury bills…












