Explaining the national debt, ... the debt clock that's been in Manhattan## since 1989 said our country owed $35# trillion, ... So the yearly deficits pile up and# keep the total debt swelling?

The Republican budget will add trillions to the national debt. Trump should channel Eisenhower to keep things in check.

The national debt has exceeded GDP since 2013, and the Debt Clock shows the U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio today at 123 percent. Reducing that unwieldy ratio requires a sustained economic boom not seen ...

The “clock” ticks real-time government data showing the ever-growing national debt — $36.9 trillion as of this writing — the most owed by any country or empire in human history.

Economics correspondent Paul Solman explains the ballooning national debt, how we got here and what it means for our economy and future generations. Full Episode Thursday, Jul 17 ...