The CBO estimated that more tariff revenue would help shrink the federal budget deficit by $2.7 trillion from fiscal years ...

For more than five decades, the World Bank’s premier annual publication on debt, now titled the International Debt Report (IDR), along with the associated International Debt Statistics (IDS) database, ...

A key deadline for the government's borrowing limit is rapidly approaching, but lawmakers may not have to deal with it until ...

Stocks were higher after stumbling to close out a blockbuster year in 2024, with the blue-chip Dow DJIA up 0.6% Friday, on pace for its first daily gain in five sessions, while the S&P 500 index SPX ...

Overindebtedness, overbuilding and overcapacity are causing problems at home and abroad.

Bessent aims to maintain the strength of the U.S. economy with an adapted version of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo ...

It’s been over a decade since the total U.S. debt surpassed the country’s total economic output. But with the national debt ...

Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville said Thursday that President-elect Donald Trump beat Vice President Kamala ...

Jenniffer González Colón has been sworn in as Puerto Rico’s new governor as the island prepared for a normally ebullient ...

Trump won in large part because the economy was a very important issue; voters were unhappy with it, and those who were voted ...

Many Americans are starting 2025 carrying unmanageable credit card debt. The credit card default rate has hit its highest ...

As the global debt approaches $102 trillion, the United States and China are the top contributors to the increasing debt.