American households are carrying more debt than ever, and the numbers now rival or exceed what many peers abroad owe. To understand how deep the average American is in the red compared with other ...

The United States now carries one of the largest public debt loads in history, and the raw figures are staggering enough to dominate headlines and campaign ads. To understand how that burden really ...

Economic pressures from steep new U.S. tariffs will push global public debt above pandemic-era levels to nearly 100% of global GDP by the end of the decade as slower growth and trade strain government ...

The tax cuts in Ghana come as the economic crisis that pushed the debt-laden country towards IMF financing continues apace - Copyright AFP/File ROBERTO SCHMIDT The ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. The United States runs on borrowed money. At last count, ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. The current United States national debt is $35.8 trillion ...

Global public debt is very high. It is expected to exceed $100 trillion, or about 93 percent of global gross domestic product by the end of this year and will approach 100 percent of GDP by 2030. This ...

Global debt has stabilized, though it remains at an elevated level, as a continued reduction in private-sector lending offset greater borrowing by governments. Total debt was little changed last year, ...

The fortress of Guaita on Monte Titano in San Marino. Image by Commonists - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 The fortress of Guaita on Monte Titano in San Marino. Image by Commonists - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 A ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Global public debt is projected to rise above 100% of gross domestic product by 2029, reaching its highest level since 1948 and continuing to climb, the IMF said on Wednesday, ...

In Then and Now: A Look Back and Ahead at the Federal Budget (NBER Working Paper 34455), Alan J. Auerbach and William Gale develop fiscal projections that incorporate the recently enacted One Big ...