The federal budget deficit totaled $1.74 trillion between November 2024 and October 2025 according to estimates from the ...
The backdrop for JPMorgan’s warning is already jittery. Global crypto markets sit around the $3 trillion mark, but markets ...
The government could "tolerate stronger growth and higher inflation, allowing real interest rates to fall and the debt burden ...
The United States' national debt is on track to double over the next three decades amid a rush of spending by the White House ...
The U.S. national debt surpassed another historic milestone as it topped $38 trillion for the first time this week, as the federal government continues to rack up debt at a record-setting pace. New ...
Sooner or later, lenders will question whether they’ll be repaid in full, and demand much higher interest rates to cover the ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about economic policy for the 21st century. Governments sometimes get themselves into trouble with too much debt. Early ...
In 1980, America's publicly held debt reached more than $712 billion (about $2.8 trillion in 2025 dollars), or roughly 25 percent of annual U.S. gross domestic product (GDP). Today, that figure is a ...
When discussing national finances, the debt-to-GDP ratio has become the ultimate measuring stick for economic health. Some ...