While France has a long history of hefty overspending, economists say political turmoil – which has stalled policymaking – is ...

This creates a fascinating economic divide: the public sector—designed to provide stability—is heavily indebted, while the ...

Global public debt is projected to rise above 100% of gross domestic product by 2029, reaching its highest level since 1948 ...

Last week, the national debt surpassed $37 trillion, twice what it was just a decade ago. Once upon a time, the national debt was the subject of intense national debate. Democrats and Republicans once ...

Raising income taxes for wealthy Americans is the most popular way of reducing the federal debt, according to the latest Gallup poll. The survey, conducted in September, asks Americans whether ...

The world economy has so far withstood the biggest barrage of U.S. tariffs since the 1930s as American consumers continued to ...

Take, for example, the fact that after months of dismal jobs numbers and recession predictions, a recent White House press ...

The U.S. again purchased Argentine pesos in the open market on Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters, ...

If treasurers continue to mortgage tomorrow for today’s projects, they risk being priced out of the future altogether.

Lebanon's cabinet is soon expected to approve and send to parliament a long-awaited law needed to restructure its debt burden, the country's economy minister said, adding that policymakers are in ...