Each party laments the national debt in campaign ads and press conferences. Some members of Congress suggest cutting programs ...

If you feel your credit card bill is bad, you should see the amount of federal debt the United States holds. The rapidly growing deficit seems to indicate between what the government spends, ...

The US doesn't run a surplus like most sovereign wealth funds. But Trump's order refers to trillions in existing assets.

The U.S. national debt currently stands at $36.2 trillion, according to the Treasury Department. The U.S. currently runs at a roughly 123 percent debt to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio ...

A closer look at the U.S. government's $36 trillion debt — some of which is "intergovernmental," meaning money the government ...

Republicans bet on the economy growing faster than reasonable to cover plans that could reignite inflation, rising interest ...

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The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) latest budget and economic outlook includes a troubling projection for net inte ...

With median home prices now above $400,000, most people can't afford to buy a home all in cash. In its most recent Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, the National ... a low debt-to-income ratio ...

China has the second largest sovereign wealth fund in the world at $1.3 trillion and it has over $16 trillion in debt. Singapore also has both a large national debt and a large sovereign wealth fund.

It’s gutsy, at least. President Trump has warned Americans that his new tariffs on imports will cause “some pain ” in the form of higher prices, swooning stock values, and economic uncertainty.

The fate of President Donald Trump’s ambitious economic policy plans will be determined by the people he appoints to critical ...