Under the CRFB August Adjusted Baseline, debt will reach 120% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and deficits will rise to $2.6 ...

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 ...

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Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. The United States owes more than $36 trillion. Washington now spends ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mike Patton covers the financial markets, economy, and national debt. In a not-so-surprising move, the rating agency Moody’s has ...

I’m a finance professor at UCLA, so let’s talk finance. Which numbers are more meaningful to you? Having $50 to $100 cash in your pocket (rough average for an American) or knowing the total U.S.

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

・The U.S. gross national debt has reached $37,004,818,000,000 as of August 11, 2026, hitting the milestone years ahead of pre-pandemic forecasts. ・Heavy pandemic borrowing and new tax and spending ...

University of Sydney provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. The tax cuts bill currently being debated by the US Senate will add another US$3 trillion (A$4.6 trillion) to US debt.

American families are drowning in debt like never before. 8 trillion in Q3 2024 according to the latest Federal Reserve data, painting a stark picture of financial strain across the nation. However, ...