Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was asked for his thoughts on large budget deficits and the rising national debt at his ...

Despite Donald Trump's announcement of his plans to introduce a Department of Government Efficiency, the proportion of money the U.S. government spends appears to be similar to that of other developed ...

The current United States national debt is $35.8 trillion and increasing by another trillion dollars every 100 days from ...

While deficit hawking has somewhat fallen out of fashion, various forms of debt remain a major concern for economists, politicians, … Continue reading ...

National debt is ... product (GDP). If government expenditure exceeds government revenue, this is referred to as a budget deficit (as opposed to budget surplus). This chart originally appeared ...

When you ask a politician, regardless of political party, why they do not campaign for policies to reduce the national debt, ...

This chart shows both ... a tad to 120.8% in Q3 because the gross national debt in current dollars (not adjusted for inflation) grew even faster than GDP in current dollars (not adjusted for ...

Trump & Harris propose tax cuts/spending increases that would add trillions to debt. Neither plan is sustainable, per ...