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

The Congressional Budget Office projects the federal deficit will continue to rise, reaching $2.7 trillion by 2035, due to ...

Voters need to set their political ideologies aside and realize that the national debt was created by politicians of all political parties. The path they have put us on is not sustainable.

The national debt, currently at $36.3 trillion and growing, is a boulder weighing on economic prosperity. The money lent to the government with every purchase of a note, bill, or bond, as ...

The national debt continues to rise at a breakneck pace, with Americans bearing a greater and greater debt burden.

You may have missed it amid your New Year’s Eve revelry, but the United States Congress is now, as of the stroke of midnight on Jan. 1, officially in violation of the federal debt limit.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its latest 10-year budget outlook, which projected the U.S. is on track to break a notable debt record in just four years.

That threat is our national debt, which recently topped $36 trillion. The facts about the national debt are dire, and its dangerous trajectory has only accelerated in recent years. In February ...

Peterson Foundation, said, "By any definition, we are on an unsustainable fiscal path. We are currently on track to add $22 trillion to our national debt over the next ten years, including $14 ...