U.S. budget deficit surged in July to highest level since March 2021
Pedestrians walk past the north entrance to the U.S. Treasury Department headquarters building on April 30, 2025, in…
CBO: U.S. Treasury has borrowed $155 billion every month of this fiscal year
Despite concerns from debt hawks, the U.S. government is continuing to borrow at pace: For the fiscal year…
US debt was its own revolutionary masterstroke that helped launch a global financial superpower
Believe it or not, U.S. debt was once a source of national strength, before it became a sword…
Elon Musk says AI may solve the debt crisis with productivity—but study suggests Treasury will pay
In the great debate over how to address the national debt crisis, optimists suggest that expanding the economy…
The national debt’s 20-year deadline and baby boomers’ spending problem
Top economist Kent Smetters thinks the U.S. is on a 20‑year clock—and the tilt of the federal budget…
US debt: This may be the maximum that’s sustainable before interest payments trigger a crisis
Soaring U.S. debt and projections that put it at astronomical levels in the coming years have set off…
Top JPMorgan analyst maps 5 ways America’s debt crisis could unfold
Last October, David Kelly, Chief Global Strategist at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, published a note that cut through…
US debt is the ‘elephant in the room’ amid bond rout as interest costs could drive larger deficits
Recent weeks have seen a major selloff in the bond market as high oil prices spike inflation, but…
Venezuela embarks on $150 billion restructuring of sovereign, oil debt
Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez speaks during a press conference after a signing of an agreement ceremony between…
‘This is the way’: Elon Musk endorses Warren Buffett’s famed 5-minute plan to fix the national debt
The national debt is set to reach $40 trillion in the near future if it continues to grow…
Ray Dalio: the ‘heart attack’ of America’s debt crisis is just the beginning of a ‘great turbulence’
Ray Dalio has been warning for years that America’s debt problem could trigger an economic “heart attack.” Now he’s…
IMF says America’s $39 trillion national debt is actually a global problem—and AI may be the only rescue
America’s $39 trillion national debt has become a familiar political football—batted around in budget negotiations, invoked at congressional…