In the face of higher tariffs on virtually everything the United States imports, plus a Middle East ... because I think lawmakers know that it would be political and economic suicide not to raise the ...

The rise of the federal debt over the past two decades has prompted countless warnings that the United States is approaching a fiscal reckoning, a day when the government won't be able to drink all it ...

With developing nations crushed by unaffordable borrowing and Washington on the sidelines, some leaders are brokering debt ...

Capitalism’s operating system is due for a major upgrade. How that turns out depends on enormously consequential political choices.

Leaders of many of the world’s nations, but not the United States, gathered Monday in Spain to tackle the growing gap between ...

The US appears to be now treading the familiar path that recently got emerging market economy of Turkey into economic trouble. The US is increasingly disregarding central bank independence, ...

A look back at the history of the national debt, and what the GOP’s new budget bill might mean for the debt going forward.

Senate Republicans employ an unusual accounting tactic to push Trump's tax bill forward, sparking concerns over national debt ...

With interest costs outpacing defense spending, this piece will help journalists understand the public debt and explain it to ...

Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, is the country’s leading commercial banker, and he has been outspoken about the looming disaster. He has warned of turmoil in the bond markets, about ...

The current level of government deficits will either result in inflation or an unsustainable debt burden, economists say, depending on how the government funds them.