Between Wall Street, retail investors, Ivy League economists, and Washington policymakers, you’d be hard-pressed to find ...

On Sunday, November 2, tech billionaire Elon Musk renewed his warning about America’s fiscal outlook. He said the federal debt has grown so large that it can’t be fixed without a major jump in ...

Many Americans have grown numb to headlines about trillion-dollar deficits and a national debt that will destroy the U.S.

California hasn’t turned the corner on its growing government debt problems — and it’s not even really trying. It’s been 13 ...

America is in an affordability crisis. Electricity bills are rising at twice the rate of inflation. Grocery prices are ...

There is no collapse. No Lehman Brothers moment. Instead it’s a slow burn, a financial treadmill that many are never able to ...

Despite the Trump administration’s focus on cost cutting and the additional revenue coming from tariffs, the deficit is as ...

A new UN-backed forum launched on Wednesday to help developing nations escape the weight of unsustainable debt – which has ...

The U.S. debt has reached $37 trillion. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with billionaire and hedge fund manager Ray Dalio about the ramifications of the debt crisis.

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According to a survey from the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC), which shared figures with CNBC, a whopping ...