The national debt jumped $1 trillion in 82 days and is expected to keep climbing. How that could affect you and your financial health.

Promising tax cuts without offsetting spending cuts is politically painless so long as constituents believe they “pay for ...

We should be concerned about this, not sounding an alarm bell,” he said. “But I do think over time, this is an issue.” ...

China’s debt problem has grown to levels far beyond that of the United States, creating risks for its economy and the world.

The U.S. debt has reached $37 trillion. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with billionaire and hedge fund manager Ray Dalio about the ramifications of the debt crisis.

We’d be be happy if prominent state politicians at least talked about the matter. Maybe the new Reason report will force them ...

California hasn’t turned the corner on its growing government debt problems — and it’s not even really trying. It’s been 13 ...

Dealing with a family member's financial trouble can be stressful — especially when the debt is substantial. On a recent ...

Germany prides itself on providing a generous welfare state — free universities, universal healthcare and promises of protection from life’s hardest blows are a key part of its contemporary identity, ...

A trail of debts that persisted during Jim Justice’s time as West Virginia’s governor has followed him to the U.S. Senate ...

While France has a long history of hefty overspending, economists say political turmoil – which has stalled policymaking – is bringing the country’s debt problem to a head.