Federal debt held by the public now surpasses the total value of the nation's economic output. Here's why experts say that's ...

America’s trillions in debt may really be a leadership problem.

The U.S. national debt is the accumulation of money borrowed to cover the national deficit over time. The highest level of ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

U.S. national debt is now larger than its economic output, and Washington is showing no signs of slowing down on spending. As of March 31, the ratio of publicly held debt to GDP was 100.2%, compared ...

“We’ve heard plenty of alarm bells in the past few years about our fiscal path,” said Maya MacGuineas of the CRFB, “but this one rings especially loudly.” ...

The Trump FY27 budget is just the latest installment in a decades-long bipartisan failure of spending discipline. Only a constitutional fix can break it.

The milestone marks a symbolic and economic threshold, with federal debt now roughly twice its historical average relative to the size of the economy. Outside of a brief distortion early in the ...

The U.S. national debt held by the public has surpassed the size of the economy for the first time since World War II, reaching over 100% of GDP in March.