The U.S. national debt debate intensifies as GOP senators and Elon Musk criticize spending cuts. Discover why deficit ...

Japan’s government faces pressure to curtail debt-fueled spending that some argue has staved off populist waves.

Debt is simply the total amount of money the US government owes to its lenders, currently amounting to $36.2 trillion. This ...

Having debt is important in times of crises, but if investors think it’s too risky to lend money to a country, interest rates can go up.

President Trump’s tax policies would add roughly $3.8 trillion to the national debt, according to an analysis released ...

Malta is not yet in the danger zone when it comes to the national debt, but the country could find itself in that situation ...

Moody’s Investors Service became the final major bond rating agency to strip the United States of its coveted AAA credit rating. Citing the ballooning national debt, chronic budget def ...

Developing countries owe billions to China, which threatens to undermine poverty reduction efforts and fuel instability, ...

National debt over $36T poses great long-term risks to growth, employment, investments, while rising interest payments ...

Deutsche Bank strategist Jim Reid likened the U.S. fiscal trajectory to a “death by a thousand cuts," Fortune reported. The ...

Moody's US debt downgrade and fiscal concerns reinforce gold's potential as a safe haven. Discover why gold could surpass ...

The “debt doesn’t matter” consensus had a strong start. During the coronavirus pandemic, Congress spent trillions of dollars ...