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

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

The national debt is the total that a country owes to its creditors. This includes debt held by the public and ...

The US national debt is now as large as the combined gross domestic product (GDP) of the second to the sixth-largest economies in the world, according to the nonpartisan watchdog Peter G. Peterson ...

America's debt mountain is eye-watering. The interest alone costs $1.21 trillion annually— 17% of total federal spending.

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The government’s projection that the ratio of national debt to gross domestic product (GDP) would reach 52% by 2040—a figure ...

In the run-up to what is expected to be a big-spending federal budget, a growing number of economists are predicting that the ...

Promising tax cuts without offsetting spending cuts is politically painless so long as constituents believe they “pay for ...

U.S. debt hits $38 trillion, adding $500 billion this month alone — $114,000 per American. The total debt now equals 324% of ...

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

Study reveals Indian immigrants reduce U.S. debt by $1.7M, highlighting the economic benefits of the H-1B visa program and ...