The U.S. national debt is the total of what the federal government owes creditors. The U.S. has always carried debt, but the ...

Despite strong growth, rising federal debt under Trump signals a fragile balance between stimulus, borrowing, and long-term ...

The federal government just accumulated an additional $2 trillion in debt over the last 12 months. That’s the kind of debt ...

Last week, the national debt surpassed $37 trillion, twice what it was just a decade ago. Once upon a time, the national debt was the subject of intense national debate. Democrats and Republicans once ...

The deepest markets in the world continue to tell us that paying off the $37 trillion national debt will be the easy part, but budget experts are arguably missing the message. Think the Cato Institute ...