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

Peterson Foundation that advocates for reducing the federal deficit. "This is not the future any of us want ... "I might note parenthetically: In my first two years, I reduced the debt by $1 ...

The cap at the time was $31.4 trillion. In a technical quirk, the US didn’t actually hit the limit on January 2 because the debt level was projected to dip that day due to the scheduled ...

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s “debt clock” rolled into Winnipeg Wednesday morning to highlight the federal government .

(Bloomberg) -- The US ... Fed and banking system, strategist Martin Tobias wrote in a year-ahead note. Given that it’s likely the Treasury will have to reduce its bill issuance until the debt ...

Long a focus of conservatives, the level of public borrowing is starting to concern left-leaning economists. Proposed ...

The Federal Reserve is pausing its interest rate hike campaign, the central bank announced in its September policy meeting — marking only the second time the Fed has done so since it began ...

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - JANUARY 19: A screen shows the national debt clock after the US hit its ... stern words from the Chair of the Federal Reserve. A formal default may not just ...

The United States’s debt limit permits the federal government to spend ... imbalance faced by the government. Note that the unofficial national debt clock puts its value at over $36 trillion ...

The Federal Reserve's latest Monetary Policy Report to Congress, released on Friday, was upbeat about the state of the economy but warned about some concerning aspects of the financial system.