Rearmament, an aging population, technological change and fear of voters are fueling a risky trend.

The cost of borrowing is already choking crucial public spending in many developing economies. Now it’s raising broader ...

Inflation is a government tool used to confiscate wealth from ordinary citizens and transfer it to government agents and ...

U.S. national debt officially reached a record $38.5 trillion in January 2026. Federal borrowing is accelerating at a rate of ...

Global sovereign debt will climb past US$100 trillion in the year ahead, according to a forecast from Fitch Ratings. That ...

The Fed is not the only central bank that is enmeshed in direct or indirect fiscal financing. The current situation raises ...

US debt jumped $2.3T in H2 2025 as Treasury leans on T-bills to cap 10-year yields. Click for this up-to-date look at how the Treasury Department is operating.

Throughout the press conference, Fed chair Powell stonewalled on the Trump administration’s criminal investigation into him and its efforts to have Fed governor Lisa Cook removed.

After weighing a slightly lower unemployment rate with small increases in inflation in December, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday decided to leave its key overnight lending rate untouched. That ...

The selling spree cast doubts on the perceived stability of the debt-ridden nation.

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 ...

Trump's debt diet is working, and we are seeing the positive impacts on the federal budget deficit. The debt is shrinking.