The U.S. national debt is the total of what the federal government owes creditors. The U.S. has always carried debt, but the total has expanded rapidly since 2008.

The national debt jumped $1 trillion in 82 days and is expected to keep climbing. How that could affect you and your financial health.

The national debt is rising faster than ever and threatens to undermine confidence in the economy, experts warn.

America’s debt has grown rapidly over the last decade as the population ages and enrollment in Social Security and Medicare ...

He points out that global bond markets are “very well aware of the trajectory of U.S. debt,” and yet the fact that “the U.S.

America’s national debt has surged to unprecedented levels, with soaring interest payments now outweighing the gargantuan annual costs of Medicare and national defence.

We’re on course to spend $1 trillion just on interest payments on the national debt this year, exceeding our spending on our ...

Solomon isn’t alone in sounding the alarm. Ray Dalio, founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, has ...

Treasury says the deficit is shrinking. Economists say the debt is compounding faster than at any point in modern history, outside of the pandemic.

Despite this surge in tariff revenue, the deficit still totaled $1.8 trillion, or roughly 6% of GDP. And if the Supreme Court ...

Despite the challenges, the Trump administration has pointed to its efforts to reduce the national debt. Treasury Secretary ...

The U.S. national debt is a mix of government bonds that trade daily and non-marketable securities that sit exclusively on federal ledgers. This "intragovernmental" debt is money owed by one arm of ...