CBO: National debt interest payments will total $20 trillion between 2026, 2036
As the largest economy on earth, the U.S. government can afford to borrow staggering amounts of money without…
Citadel’s Ken Griffin says part of national debt issue is Europeans growing their economy
Citadel CEO Ken Griffin is one of many people growing increasingly concerned about America’s $40 trillion national debt…
Moody’s Mark Zandi sees early signs of debt crisis in Treasury yields
Policy optimists have long waved off concerns about a fiscal crisis in the U.S.: the moment at which…
US debt interest costs hit $3 billion a day and jumped 8% in 2026—faster than spending, revenue, GDP
The federal government’s fiscal year ended last month, and the final tally offered another stark warning about the…
China’s debt interest costs are soaring—and growing faster than any other major budget category
The world is flooded with debt, but while the U.S. and Europe have caused angst on global markets…
US debt is increasingly at the mercy of the market as interest costs surge as debt ceiling looms
The recent jump in Treasury yields has highlighted how vulnerable the U.S. debt outlook is to the bond…
Bessent said ‘I am the house.’ The bond market disagreed
Bond investors took Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent up on his dare. On Sept. 8, Bessent told an audience…
Japan’s debt is twice the size of its economy—but economists warn U.S.’s $40 trillion sum is worse
Statistics don’t always tell the full story, and the U.S. national debt is evidence as to why. Despite…
$40 trillion U.S. national debt just got uglier as interest payments rise to $1.25 trillion a year
The federal interest burden has reached a new height, exceeding even the 1991 record, but analysts warn the…
AI hyperscalers issuing a flood of bonds are ‘reverse crowding out’ the Treasury as US debt soars
Among the many potential downsides for letting the national debt get too high was that the federal government…
JPMorgan: Ageing population and deficits two drivers of higher interest rates
In 2025, the IMF reported that, across the globe, companies, households, and countries had amassed $251 trillion in debt.…
Japan’s debt is twice the size of its economy—but economists warn U.S.’s $39 trillion sum is worse
Statistics don’t always tell the full story, and the U.S. national debt is evidence as to why. Despite…