The United States must urgently tackle its “ever-increasing” debt burden and rein in excessively large fiscal deficits, the ...

The determination of the administration to continue with tax cuts, come what may, is an expression of one of the most ...

Trump's tariffs stunned Main Street. Now they could starve Wall Street. Social-spending cuts plus the Trump tariffs may lead the U.S. to a recession and actually increase the budget deficit. Stock and ...

The S&P 500 closed near the flatline on Thursday, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite finished the ...

The downgrade of the country’s credit rating by Moody’s hurt investor confidence. So has trade policy, and ballooning federal ...

Predictably, Maryland’s top five Democrats — Gov. Wes Moore, Senate President Bill Ferguson (Baltimore City), House Speaker ...

Stocks closed flat on Thursday after swinging from losses to gains, while bond activity indicated worries about the U.S.' ...

Mortgage rates are headed up, already above 7% according to a daily index. Is Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' to blame?

Normally, when a credit is downgraded, yields rise at the margin and prices drop (relative to other bonds). In August 2011 ...

The stock market has started to worry a bit about the news. The Dow was flat Thursday after tumbling more than 800 points Wednesday. The broader S&P 500 fell 0.1%, and the Nasdaq gained 0.1%. Wall ...

The decidedly unsexy bond market is usually pretty quiet. But when they want to, bond investors can send a loud, clear message to Washington. They did just that Wednesday and Thursday.

Tariff and deficit concerns sparked Moody's to downgrade the US's credit rating last week, jolting bond markets and sending mortgage rates higher. They now average 6.86%, according to Freddie Mac.