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 ...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ June 27 The New York Times say the rising national debt is already troublesome The rise of the federal debt over the past two ...

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, ...

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 United States on Friday reached $37 trillion in debt, less than a year after it surpassed $36 trillion .