The majority of Americans are concerned about the economy and want lawmakers to address the mounting debt, but the deficit ...

"We won’t be able to fix the debt without touching Social Security, Medicare, defense, or revenue—the math just doesn’t work.

That assumes a growth rate similar to the last decade’s. If the debt rockets up like it has over the last few years, the ...

Countries have sharply increased the money they owe to the markets, putting their own spending policies at risk in an increasingly unstable world ...

Prior to the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill, Trump’s “growth” math stood a chance of closing the gap. Now it’s much ...

The total national debt of the United States has hit $38 trillion, an unwelcome milestone that comes as lawmakers grapple with a looming fiscal reckoning. The unwanted achievement comes amid a ...

For investors who listened to Dalio’s predictions of a coming “depression” a decade ago, they missed participating in one of the most significant bull markets in U.S. history. Not all debt is created ...

Explore how deficit spending units operate, their effects on economies, and why they matter for households, businesses, and ...

Keli Zinn was hired as the Rutgers University athletics director on July 30, about a month after the school’s fiscal year ...