Budget hawks have fretted for decades about America’s deficits and debt, repeatedly advising our government to embrace ...

The AS global debt chartbook is my attempt at presenting an overview of global debt levels and an easy way to compare them ...

Celebrations are everywhere this week as BTC/USD passes $120,000 for the first time in a giant surge higher. All-time highs ...

The U.S. tax and spending bill passed on July 3 is expected to add more than $3 trillion to the country’s deficit over the next decade. If the current debt trajectory continues unabated, it could set ...

James K. Galbraith asks whether US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is right to urge the Federal Reserve to lower interest ...

On July 1, Balaji posted on X, stating, "The US is broke," and claimed there is "real debt" in excess of $175 trillion, ...

You’ve no doubt heard the phrase, “Minsky Moment.” It refers to the ideas of economist Hyman Minsky, who studied financial ...

Financial Policy Committee maintains countercyclical capital buffer at 2% as banks show capacity to support lending through ...

The BBB has been billed as the signature legislative achievement of Donald Trump’s second term. That makes its lack of any ...

PREMIUM The world economy appears impressively and increasingly shock-absorbent. The world economy appears impressively and ...

This suggests that the mighty US consumer has, at long last, run out of steam — or has been increasingly price sensitive for some time now. Another reason why the headline retail sales figure may not ...

Americans are carrying more debt than ever before. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, household debt hit $18.2 trillion in the first quarter of 2025. Americans owe more in total ...