national debt

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The federal government on Friday implemented steep tariff hikes on Chinese imports. The measures include a 100 percent ...

W. Bruce Lee is the executive director of the Phoenix Correspondence Commission, the first nationwide convention of states ...

America is awash in debt. U.S. national debt has surpassed $35 trillion. This translates to approximately $93,500 per ...

Three general areas impacting the economy are driving the price of gold to record levels that are continuing ...

'We need to deal with the debt and the deficits,' Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said.

The national debt presently stands close to $34.5 trillion.

The president's budget forecasts a $53 trillion national debt in ten years, prompting economists to doubt fiscal sustainability.

Commentary Recently, Democratic Party-cheerleading economist Paul Krugman declared, “Inflation is over. We won.” This is like a robber ...

Commentary Universities are not alone among our institutions that have lost their way. How about America’s corporations, which ...

The founder of FedEx has added his voice to the chorus of views expressing concern about out-of-control spending ...

Commentary Both chambers of Congress are locked in fierce battles over spending legislation. A “supplemental” package has found bipartisan ...

Commentary President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and a handful of left-leaning Republicans (led by Utah ...

Federal shortfall reaches $532 billion as spending and receipts are both up.

Commentary President Joe Biden recently took to a stage in North Carolina to tout his economic agenda, which ...

National debt will account for 172 percent of the economy by 2054.

President Joe Biden's economic policies will help the United States be more fiscally responsible.

Commentary The bipartisan Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act might sound good on the surface. A ...

Commentary The Federal Reserve guards its independence with indefatigable ferocity. It is so intent on keeping it that ...

Treasury officials say massive borrowing will subside over the next several quarters.

Commentary Among the major pieces of legislation up for grabs in Congress is the inappropriately named “Tax Relief ...

The White House has blamed Trump-era tax cuts for the ballooning national debt.

'We are all in this boat together. The boat is sinking'

Commentary The U.S. federal government published a December 2023 deficit of $129 billion, up by 52 percent from ...

Interest payments are one of the top budget items for the federal government.

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The US government added $2.65 trillion to the national debt in 2023.