JEC: National debt increased by $5.1m a minute for the past year
U.S. debt hawks frequently warn that while the nation’s $40 trillion national debt is managed by policymakers, it…
US debt is even worse than it seems, and Treasury yields are now an ‘all-hands-on-deck situation’
The market for U.S. Treasuries has shown troubling signs lately, and rising yields are a clue that conditions…
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…
Our Best Stuff on Crossing the $40 Trillion Debt Threshold
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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…
‘A fantastic amount of money to have borrowed’: a top Wall Street wealth advisor is stunned by the national debt
Greg Fleming has navigated Wall Street’s biggest crises over nearly four decades, from negotiating Merrill Lynch’s 2008 fire…
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.…
US national debt: Peterson Foundation warns of lower wages, fewer jobs for Gen Z
In the debate about the level of threat the U.S. national debt poses to the economy, most people…
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…
America@250: The United States of Anxiety
TOI correspondent from Washington: When President Donald Trump asserted repeatedly in recent months that the United States has…
From $71 million to $39 trillion – U.S. national debt’s 250-year climb
America’s national debt has always reflected the trajectory of the nation itself—one rising as the other, at least…