An intolerable burden is being placed on future generations that will result in financial crises and political instability ...
The United States now carries one of the largest public debt loads in history, and the raw figures are staggering enough to dominate headlines and campaign ads. To understand how that burden really ...
America's national debt has climbed into territory that would have seemed unthinkable a generation ago, and it is now a ...
The recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act increased the debt limit to $41.2 trillion, or 136 percent of GDP. Some believe that Congress will have to raise the debt limit again before the 2026 ...
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The world is currently mired in record-setting debt. Last year, the combined borrowing of households, businesses and governments across the globe eclipsed $315 trillion. And in the first quarter of ...