The 30-year Treasury yield just hit its highest point since before the Great Recession. A leading fiscal watchdog warns the ...
The U.S. national debt is the accumulation of money borrowed to cover the national deficit over time. The highest level of national debt in the last century was right after World War II, while the ...
Is America heading toward a national debt crisis? As an economic adviser to President Biden and an economist active in mainly ...
The national debt has increased under most U.S. presidents. Here is how much each president's time in office added to the U.S ...
Federal debt held by the public now surpasses the total value of the nation's economic output. Here's why experts say that's ...
The milestone marks a symbolic and economic threshold, with federal debt now roughly twice its historical average relative to the size of the economy. Outside of a brief distortion early in the ...
The United States government is expected to borrow more than $2 trillion during the current fiscal year, according to updated estimates released by the Treasury Department. The figures underline the ...
The markets are never a snapshot of the present. They’re a look ahead. It’s worth keeping in mind as commentators try to make sense of rising Treasury yields. Take the Washington Post edit ...
The national debt may seem as far removed from your investments as your parents' debt is from your bank account. But like ...
ATLANTA, GEORGIA - OCTOBER 29: Peter G. Peterson Foundation National Debt Clock in Atlanta on October 29, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Peter G. Peterson ...
Lance Roberts of RIA Advisors recently challenged the doomer narrative that America’s debt load guarantees an imminent financial collapse. On Adam Taggart’s Thoughtful Money podcast, Roberts argues ...