The federal debt is on track to soar 64% over the next decade, notching $56 trillion, according to the latest projections from the US government.

US government debt could reach 250% of gross domestic product without putting upward pressure on interest rates, according to a paper presented at the Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole conference. “Until ...

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

The United States is grappling with a staggering national debt that has surged to $38 trillion by late 2024. This alarming figure has prompted the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to issue a ...

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 ...

Globally, government debt/GDP ratios and debt service costs have increased since the GFC and Covid, raising the relevance and importance of sovereign bond indices like the FTSE Debt Capacity World ...

Global debt has stabilized, though it remains at an elevated level, as a continued reduction in private-sector lending offset greater borrowing by governments. Total debt was little changed last year, ...