Lawmakers face a tough decision this year: hike the national debt to extend the Trump-era tax cuts or let them expire and ...

"Macroeconomic feedback effects would further increase interest rates and, therefore, lead to even worse fiscal outcomes," ...

The federal government could default on its debt as soon as July, a new forecast from the Bipartisan Policy Center warns, raising pressure on Congress for action. The prominent think tank ...

Statement: “The single biggest driver of our national debt since 2001 has been Republican tax cuts.” During a Senate floor debate over a budget resolution that could tee up President Donald Trump’s ...

While the government did cut its outlays in February, the budget deficit for the month more than doubled compared to January ...

I voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017. Lower- and middle-income Americans saw the biggest tax rate cuts. But pandemic ...

Warren Buffett once warned students about the perils of excessive borrowing, citing Donald Trump as a case in point. What ...

Europac chair Peter Schiff sees the idea as a way to pay the national debt. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said the initiative would attract high-net-worth individuals who would ...

Profligate spending by the federal government causes inflation and inhibits the economic freedom of Americans.

could see enough demand to eliminate the national debt. Why it matters: For all of Trump's debt-busting dreams, realistic demand for any such program is likely to be in the thousands of people ...