The warning lights on the United States economy are no longer subtle. A growing stack of data and expert analysis now points ...

American households are carrying more debt than ever, and the typical balance is now large enough to rival a starter home in ...

In contrast, a high national debt simply reflects that the government has issued a lot of currency that the public and ...

Breaking down the national debt. Every year, the United States government spends money on programs and services like Social Security and healthcare while receiving revenue through methods like federal ...

The State Financial Officers Foundation letter noted that the cost of interest on the nation's debt is constraining spending ...

As of July 25, 2025, the United States national debt stood at $36,721,531,033,602.97. That’s thirty-six trillion, seven hundred twenty-one billion, five hundred thirty-one million, thirty-three ...

The United States’ national debt, currently standing at $38 trillion and exceeding 120% of annual economic output, demands action, experts warn. The nonpartisan Peter G. Peterson Foundation gathered a ...

As the U.S. House prepares to vote on adding a jaw dropping $3.3 trillion — that’s with a T — to the national debt, it seems a good time to take a big, beautiful stroll down memory lane. Back to the ...

Last week we discussed the noise in the financial ether about the fiscal challenges of the U.S. federal government. High profile CEOs are expressing concern, high profile investors are expressing ...

America at 250 could look at the best examples of public service—public service in which the governmental institution expired ...