The national debt is set to surpass the historic high of 106% of GDP (which it reached in 1946) by 2030, according to the CBO ...

The federal government is taking on record amounts of debt year after year. The U.S. owes lenders more than $36 trillion. That is close to an all-time high when comparing the debt to the country’s ...

The federal deficit and national debt are expected to grow by trillions of dollars over the next decade, according to 10-year projections from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO). 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 ...

The U.S. national debt surpassed another historic milestone as it topped $38 trillion for the first time this week, as the federal government continues to rack up debt at a record-setting pace. New ...