The country risks an economic "heart attack" if lawmakers are unable to reel in the national debt, warns one hedge fund ...

If healthcare entities believe that people won't pay their medical bills at the margin, they'll likely raise prices.

The national debt, currently at $36.3 trillion and growing, is a boulder weighing on economic prosperity. The money lent to ...

Republicans have leveraged the debt ceiling for years to block Democrats’ agenda. Now liberals see an opening to stymy Trump.

Republicans and fiscal conservatives (RAFCs) regularly, routinely, repeatedly — and sometimes recklessly — call for balancing ...

Entitlements are created by law and convey a benefit if certain conditions are met; however, entitlements are not a legally ...

Weighty headwinds face South Africa, with its government debt to gross domestic product ratio of 73.45% and a budget deficit ...

The national debt is over $36 trillion ... deficits have repeatedly been over or just under $2 trillion. “The United States ...

More than 20 states in the U.S. already have their versions of a sovereign wealth fund, Alaska's being the largest.

Poland supports the idea of creating a "rearmament" bank to help Europe pay for the huge defence investment it needs as ...

Questions abound over how Trump will deal with China and Russia, as well as India and emerging powers in the global South.

In this edition of the Hot Seat, Mike Murphy from the Committee for Responsible Budget Policy addresses the $36 trillion ...