Fiscal hawks warn that deficits produce higher inflation rates and higher interest rates that harm the poor the most.

Let’s hope that Elon Musk is, indeed, a latter-day Grant, doggedly pursuing the spending that strangles our country, demanding the unconditional surrender of those who will somehow claim that ...

Learn about the significant risks facing the U.S. economy, including mounting debt and geopolitical tensions, and the ...

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

In the US, however, we have added a bizarre and hazardous extra step to this process: If Congress’s laws require the Treasury ...

The economic crisis is forcing a huge number of Americans to turn to grocery stores for help to support their families. The ...

The more savings and income sources you have, the more you’ll be financially protected in the event of a recession or ...

A type of risky debt that has taken US capital markets by storm in the past year is now emerging in bonds designed to unlock hundreds of billions in lending for the world’s poorest.

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

Offering substantive solutions to student loan debt could help Republicans bridge the electoral gap with college-educated voters.

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