The Peter G. Peterson Foundation, a nonpartisan budget watchdog, ran the numbers exclusively for Fortune.

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 ...

The euro area recorded an increase in gross debt equivalent to 4.5 per cent of quarterly GDP during the third quarter of 2025 ...

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

Spiraling interest payments—which grew from $352 billion in 2021 to $970 billion in 2025—put the debt train on an accelerated ...

The United States borrowed $602 billion in the first three months of Fiscal Year (FY) 2026, including $145 billion in the month of December, according to the latest Monthly Treasury Statement f ...

The sweeping legislation, which passed in July, renewed the 2017 tax cuts for individuals and granted additional tax breaks, ...

A recent study from the Pentagon’s favorite consulting firm found that raising taxes — particularly on corporations — could dramatically reduce the federal deficit and safeguard the economy better ...

The Rules Committee must suggest rule changes to help meet the target, including making budget rules more difficult to waive ...

The United States' national debt is on track to double over the next three decades amid a rush of spending by the White House ...

By David Lawder WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. government posted a $145 billion budget deficit for December, up 67% ...

Rising public debt again is a central concern for Latin American economies amid low growth, high financing costs and an ...