In 2001, the U.S. national debt was a modest 33% of GDP. Today, forecasts point to a staggering 200% by 2055. Here's a look ...

The net interest on the U.S. Federal Debt is roughly 3 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), amounting to $882 billion.

Jamie Dimon, Warren Buffett, Ray Dalio, Jerome Powell—and now Elon Musk, are all sounding the alarm on America's national ...

At a Rotary Club gathering in Watertown, South Dakota, last year, Senator John Thune didn’t hold back. The national debt, he ...

The debt ceiling is the limit placed by Congress on the amount of debt the government can accrue. In order to pay its bills ...

The White House’s One Big Beautiful Bill would cost trillions, and other administration moves wouldn’t fill the budget gap.

CBO projects that rising debt will also slow economic growth and boost interest rates. Over the long term, we estimate based ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's proposals for tax cuts and new spending would further swell a national debt that now exceeds ...

Republicans argue that growth is the best way to rebalance America’s books, but economists fear that tax cuts may be the ...

The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” would raise U.S. debt by more than $3 trillion over a decade, research finds, likely ...

As of May 18, 2025, the U.S. national debt stood at $36.8 trillion, about $108,000 per citizen or $323,000 per taxpayer. That total equals nearly 123% of America’s GDP, a sharp contrast to the 34.6% ...