Discover how the U.S. national debt affects your finances and what to know about government borrowing and debt limits.

For years, policymakers have treated government debt like an elastic band that could be stretched without ever snapping. They stretched during the global financial crisis and again during the COVID-19 ...

Broadcast Retirement Network's Jeffrey Snyder discusses how public pension debt is managed with the Reason Foundation's Rod ...

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 means a more leveraged govt. and a higher burden on the economy.

It hardly seems like a day or week goes by that we don’t hear something on the news about the economy. Often, it is the jobs report or inflation or Federal interest rates, but sometimes the US deficit ...

Treasury securities trends are often a strong indicator of how investors think the Fed will steer the economy. And by that measure, the markets are expecting falling interest rates and decent growth.

FRANKFURT—This year, global growth is being brought to you by the government. Rocked by an avalanche of growth-sapping shocks, countries around the world are tearing up savings plans and rolling out ...

NEW YORK, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Global debt climbed to a record $348 trillion at the end of 2025, after nearly $29 trillion was ...

The national debt recently surpassed $38 trillion, but America’s debt crisis isn’t limited to the federal government. Less well known is that, nationwide, state and local governments now hold more ...

The Congressional Budget Office’s new 10-year fiscal forecast includes plenty of headlines: The nearly $2 trillion federal budget deficit will grow to more than $3 trillion in a decade. The national ...

I’m Chris Anstey, an economics editor in Boston. Today we’re looking at more thematic takeaways from Bloomberg’s flagship New Economy Forum. Send us feedback and tips to ecodaily@bloomberg.net. And if ...