Publicly held debt is already at 99% of GDP and is on track to hit 107% by 2029, breaking the record set after the end of ...

Current outstanding student loan debt in the United States is now over $1.7 trillion. An estimated 43 million American adults ...

Wondering how your debt stacks up? See the national average at every age and get the best, practical tips to manage debt and ...

If America was a family or a business, its present debt situation would be considered a crisis. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the current national debt held by the public is $29 ...

Musk said that because AI and robotics could lead to a significant increase in output, it would likely lead to deflation – which is the opposite of inflation and results in a decrease in the price ...

Elon Musk claims AI and robotics are the only solution to America's $38 trillion debt crisis, predicting dramatic economic ...

With the enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill pushing America's debt-to-GDP ratio further into dangerous territory, a sudden political pivot towards fiscal discipline seems unlikely. Policy-makers ...

The recent passage of the new federal budget bill has put the issue of America’s growing national debt back in the headlines. As of mid-2025, the U.S. national debt stands at approximately $36.5 ...

Mounting student loan debt has put financial strain on millions of Americans, and the problem only seems to be getting worse. The federal student loan balance has reached nearly $1.67 trillion as of ...

The multi-trillion-dollar question for which no one has a good answer is whether or when excessive U.S. deficit spending will create unmanageable and destructive levels of debt. Given the magnitude of ...