Browsing: national debt
Believe it or not, U.S. debt was once a source of national strength, before it became a sword of Damocles…
AI could shave $2.2 trillion off the U.S. deficit by 2036. But according to a new working paper from economists…
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…
Soaring U.S. debt and projections that put it at astronomical levels in the coming years have set off increasing panic,…
Liaquat Ahamed has spent his career studying the moments when the world’s financial system breaks down — the bad bets,…
In the days before the Memorial Day weekend, rates on 30 year Treasury bonds hit their highest level in 19…
The federal government already spends more on debt interest than on Medicaid, national defense, or all non-defense discretionary programs combined.…
Recent weeks have seen a major selloff in the bond market as high oil prices spike inflation, but deteriorating U.S.…
It wasn’t even a year ago that fiscal hawks were wringing their hands over a new national debt milestone: The…