"The United States is deeply indebted, and its finances are on an unsustainable long-term trajectory," says the Committee for ...

That assumes a growth rate similar to the last decade’s. If the debt rockets up like it has over the last few years, the ...

A fiscal crisis – sometimes called a sovereign debt crisis – is a sharp economic shock or downturn caused or sparked by high ...

The chief of the largest American bank is again sounding the alarm about Washington's finances, warning that a $38 trillion ...

U.S. national debt officially reached a record $38.5 trillion in January 2026. Federal borrowing is accelerating at a rate of ...