At the end of Q4, US debt reached $38.51trn, having soared by yet another $2.30trn over 2025. The growing debt-to-GDP ratio ...

WASHINGTON — In the midst of a federal government shutdown, the U.S. government’s gross national debt surpassed $38 trillion Wednesday, a record number that highlights the accelerating accumulation of ...

Debt held by the public will balloon to more than $56 trillion by 2036 as annual deficits continue to mount, according to the latest projections from the Congressional Budget Office. By later this ...

The government hit the debt ceiling back in January which blocked any net new debt from being created from January to June. The blended interest rate has stabilized around 3.1%. More concerning is the ...

America's borrowing machine is running hotter than at any point in recent memory, and the cost of keeping it going is starting to bite. With federal debt climbing into the tens of trillions and ...

The mounting level of US debt risks a “reckoning” for the economy if the pace of growth doesn’t improve, according to the chief executive of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. “If we continue on the current ...

America's national debt has climbed into territory that would have seemed unthinkable a generation ago, and it is now a central fault line in debates over taxes, spending, and economic security. To ...