The net interest on the U.S. Federal Debt is roughly 3 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), amounting to $882 billion. What does this percentage and the absolute number mean? If they were to ...

Decline in private lending offsets increase in public borrowing; notable differences persist across countries and income ...

A new analysis by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget shows that federal deficits and the national debt are expected to grow at a faster pace over the next 10 years.

The federal government is taking on record amounts of debt year after year. The U.S. owes lenders more than $36 trillion. That is close to an all-time high when comparing the debt to the country’s ...

Global public debt could increase to 100 percent of global gross domestic product by the end of the decade if current trends continue, according to projections in our latest Fiscal Monitor. The rising ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) - 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 ...

Congress, instead of specifying a dollar amount, should set the debt limit at 132 percent of GDP and ratchet it down from there each fiscal year.

On Sunday, a key congressional committee in the United States approved President Donald Trump’s new tax cut bill, which could pass in the House of Representatives later this week. The bill extends ...

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 ...