The United States’ national debt has surged to nearly $36 trillion, making it a cornerstone of the global financial system.

Titan International chair Morry Taylor shares the clearest, most simplistic explanation of the national debt for a generation ...

The country risks an economic "heart attack" if lawmakers are unable to reel in the national debt, warns one hedge fund ...

If you feel your credit card bill is bad, you should see the amount of federal debt the United States holds. The rapidly growing deficit seems to indicate between what the government spends, ...

The markets haven’t freaked out about the president’s weird contention that he might renege on a portion of the national debt ...

Let’s hope that Elon Musk is, indeed, a latter-day Grant, doggedly pursuing the spending that strangles our country, ...

Fiscal hawks warn that deficits produce higher inflation rates and higher interest rates that harm the poor the most.

The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) latest budget and economic outlook includes a troubling projection for net inte ...

In a recent discussion, Elon Musk highlighted a critical fiscal issue: the United States' interest payments on its national debt have now surpassed the entire Defense Department budget. He emphasized ...

More than 20 states in the U.S. already have their versions of a sovereign wealth fund, Alaska's being the largest.

Republicans and fiscal conservatives (RAFCs) regularly, routinely, repeatedly — and sometimes recklessly — call for balancing ...