By comparison, just four decades ago, the national debt hovered around $907 billion. The outlook for the federal debt level ...

Republicans bet on the economy growing faster than reasonable to cover plans that could reignite inflation, rising interest ...

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

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

The United States national debt is projected to surge by $23.9 trillion over the next decade, according to the latest budget outlook from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The figure does not ...

America's national debt hit a new record in November when it eclipsed $36 trillion for the first time ever. It's a staggering amount that can not only effect U.S. economic growth but also essential ...

We’re just a couple of days away from the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States — and ... add $22 trillion to the national debt over the next 10 years ...

By Alan Rappeport Reporting from Washington The United States is poised to add trillions of dollars to the national debt over the next decade as the mounting costs of social safety net programs ...

our total national debt is 123% of our gross domestic product, which is the monetary value of the total amount of final goods and services produced in our country over a certain period of time ...

our national debt is over $36 trillion and, of course, rising. The interest which much be paid is gradually taking a higher percentage of those yearly budgets to debt service and will, in time ...

In this edition of the Hot Seat, Mike Murphy from the Committee for Responsible Budget Policy discusses the United States ... "Debt can be thought of as the accumulation of all those deficits over ...