Explore how deficit spending units operate, their effects on economies, and why they matter for households, businesses, and ...

That assumes a growth rate similar to the last decade’s. If the debt rockets up like it has over the last few years, the ...

"We won’t be able to fix the debt without touching Social Security, Medicare, defense, or revenue—the math just doesn’t work.

Prior to the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill, Trump’s “growth” math stood a chance of closing the gap. Now it’s much ...

As we mentioned in our recent Midyear 2025 Outlook: Pragmatic Optimism, Measured Expectations, we expect bond market action to continue to swing between concerns over slowing economic data (lower ...

The total national debt of the United States has hit $38 trillion, an unwelcome milestone that comes as lawmakers grapple with a looming fiscal reckoning. The unwanted achievement comes amid a ...

If federal policymakers want to make life more affordable, both now and in the future, they should cap their own spending.

For investors who listened to Dalio’s predictions of a coming “depression” a decade ago, they missed participating in one of the most significant bull markets in U.S. history. Not all debt is created ...

Farmington Hiills-based GreenPath Financial Wellness sees many consumers who turned to credit cards to make ends meet once prices shot up.

A new Cato Institute analysis challenges long-held claims about immigration, finding that undocumented immigrants likely ...

Keli Zinn was hired as the Rutgers University athletics director on July 30, about a month after the school’s fiscal year ...