U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday extended the department's authority to continue extraordinary cash ...

A look back at the history of the national debt, and what the GOP’s new budget bill might mean for the debt going forward.

The last of the pandemic-era forbearance ended in September 2023; defaults began to appear on credit records in the first ...

The US Treasury will continue using emergency accounting measures to prevent breaching the debt ceiling until July 24, 2025.

As Republicans have pushed forward on a bill expected to drive the debt higher, Trump has stepped up his campaign against ...

If the picture appears bleak for America’s graduates, it is bleaker still for Uncle Sam. Student lending was once profitable ...

Deputy Treasury Secretary Michael Faulkender explains how President Donald Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' aims to grow the ...

With interest costs outpacing defense spending, this piece will help journalists understand the public debt and explain it to ...

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Two things can be true at the same time: First, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is generally right to avoid terming out the US government’s debt at the high prevailing ...

The level of sovereign debt in India is much lower than in nations like the US, Japan or France. The country's central ...

Emerging market debt sales boomed in the first half of the year, defying tariff tantrums, missile attacks and gyrating oil prices, on track for another year of records - and with nascent signs of a ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Surging U.S. government debt may sap investor appetite for key U.S. assets like long-dated Treasuries and ...