Explore how debt deflation increases real debt burdens during economic downturns and its potential spiral effects on the economy and borrowers.

In a new working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, economists Vadim Elenev, Tim Landvoigt, an ...

Venezuela’s debt crisis is one of the largest unresolved sovereign defaults in the world, the legacy of years of economic ...

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Explore the definition of foreign debt, its rise, and economic impacts. Learn about challenges like debt crises and effects on growth and human rights.

Last week, the national debt surpassed $37 trillion, twice what it was just a decade ago. Once upon a time, the national debt was the subject of intense national debate. Democrats and Republicans once ...

Angelica Leicht is the senior editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com, where she writes and edits articles on a range of personal finance topics. Angelica previously held editing ...

Investor concerns over a swelling government debt load were soothed last week. But some experts say the US isn't out of the woods yet. Goldman Sachs spoke to three top economic experts — Ray Dalio, ...

Rising national debt in the U.S., China, and Japan poses a significant risk to global financial markets, potentially triggering a sovereign debt default. GLD and precious metals are considered hedges ...

Donald Trump has big plans for the economy — and a big debt problem that will be a hurdle to delivering on them. Trump has bold ideas on tax cuts tariffs and other programs, but high interest rates ...

Close on the heels of agreements with key bilateral lenders, the Sri Lankan government last week announced that it has reached debt restructuring agreements with commercial creditors (those who have ...

Of the many reasons why Asia (outside of Japan) weathered the Great Recession more ably than other parts of the world, one of the most important was the fact that the region never experienced a ...