7 Proposals to Rein In the Debt
Although it may be hard to imagine now, at some point in the not-too-distant future the 2024 election will be over and a new government will take over...
Trump’s Republican Platform Drops Any Mention of National Debt
Ahead of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee next week, the GOP on Monday published its 2024 platform — a 16-page outline of the party’s...
IMF Warns of ‘Pressing Need’ to Address U.S. Debt
The International Monetary Fund said in a report Thursday that the U.S. economy “has turned in a remarkable performance over the past few years,” but...
A 30-Year Plan to Stabilize the National Debt
On the heels of new projections from the Congressional Budget Office showing that the federal budget deficit and national debt will continue to rise...
Trump Added About Twice as Much to National Debt as Biden: Report
Whether Joe Biden or Donald Trump wins the White House in November, the next presidential term is likely to see the national debt reach a record size...
Deficit Tops $1 Trillion in First 6 Months of 2024 Fiscal Year
The federal budget deficit totaled $1.06 trillion in the first six months of the current fiscal year, the Treasury Department reported Wednesday...
Debt Danger Ahead Even Greater Than CBO Sees: Analysis
The team at Bloomberg Economics is warning that federal debt is set to grow even higher as a share of the economy than the most recent projections...
CBO Projects Major Run-Up in National Debt
The latest long-term outlook from the Congressional Budget Office shows a big increase in the national debt over the next 30 years, with publicly held...
CBO Projects Major Run-Up in National Debt
The latest long-term outlook from the Congressional Budget Office shows a big increase in the national debt over the next 30 years, with publicly held...
Powell Warns of ‘Unsustainable’ Fiscal Path, Talks Rate Cuts
In an interview that aired Sunday evening, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told CBS’s “60 Minutes” that “almost all” of the officials involved...