The 30-year Treasury yield just hit its highest point since before the Great Recession. A leading fiscal watchdog warns the ...

The math is simple and unforgiving. Say both your annual income and your debt equal $100. Suppose you face a 2 percent ...

Federal debt held by the public now surpasses the total value of the nation's economic output. Here's why experts say that's ...

The United States' national debt is on track to double over the next three decades amid a rush of spending by the White House and Congress.

The U.S. government’s gross national debt – the total amount of money owed its creditors and other financial obligations – hit a record high of more than $38 trillion on Oct. 22, the Treasury ...

National debt now exceeds GDP, signaling higher borrowing costs, tighter financial conditions and a long stretch of elevated interest rates for households and investors.

The U.S. national debt held by the public has surpassed the size of the economy for the first time since World War II, reaching over 100% of GDP in March.

The nation's gross federal debt has now crossed $39 trillion, just five months after surpassing $38 trillion and only seven months after crossing $37 trillion. At that pace, the national debt is ...

The U.S. government has crossed a symbolic fiscal threshold, with federal debt held by the public now exceeding 100% of gross ...

The Congressional Budget Office’s new 10-year fiscal forecast includes plenty of headlines: The nearly $2 trillion federal budget deficit will grow to more than $3 trillion in a decade. The national ...