The U.S. is playing Russian roulette by not addressing the national debt. We need to get our act together before it's too ...
Projections show steady budget deficits exceeding 5% of GDP, even assuming that the bulk of the 2017 tax cuts expire.
The economy rebounded strongly from the COVID shock, but the U.S. continues to grapple with a cost-of-living crisis and ...
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday the nation will hit its debt ceiling the day after President Trump is inaugurated and that the agency will begin “extraordinary measures” to stave off ...
Even that term itself ... and Republican presidents push that debt higher. Subscribe to How to Read This Chart, a weekly dive into the data behind the news. Each Saturday, national columnist ...