The Debt

The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note rose more than 3 basis points Tuesday to 4.79%. Driven higher by concerns over the latest flare-up in the...

The IRS saw a significant decrease in revenues generated by audits in fiscal year 2025, according to a report released last week by the Treasury...

The effects of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s extraordinary intervention in the bond market faded quickly on Thursday. One day after Bessent...

The bond market has been sending a warning signal this summer. On Wednesday, the Treasury Department responded. After a bond market selloff drove long...

The U.S. gross national debt surpassed a record $40 trillion, the Treasury Department said Wednesday. The number serves as a milestone on a path of...

The yield on benchmark 30-year Treasury bonds briefly hit a fresh 19-year high on Tuesday before pulling back slightly. The recent surge that lifted...

House Republicans on Wednesday released their blueprint for a $95 billion party-line package they hope to pass this summer to fund the military and...

The United States’ fiscal outlook has gotten “notably worse” than it was even a decade ago — and stabilizing the debt picture is now likely to be...