Soaring debt and deficits causing worry about threats to the economy and markets
Government debt that has swelled nearly 50% since the early days of the Covid pandemic is generating elevated levels of…
Ray Dalio says U.S. reaching an inflection point where the debt problem quickly gets even worse
Soaring U.S. government debt is reaching a point where it will begin creating larger problems, Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio…
Bond yields could race through 5% in next couple of weeks, market forecaster Jim Bianco warns
Wall Street forecaster Jim Bianco expects Treasury yields to go a lot higher — and possibly overshoot through 5% in…
House GOP pulls key vote to advance stopgap government funding bill
The House of Representatives canceled a scheduled key procedural vote Tuesday on a temporary government funding bill hashed out by…
What’s in the debt ceiling deal struck by Biden and McCarthy?
President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Sunday signed off on an agreement to temporarily suspend the debt ceiling and…
As McCarthy laments ‘no progress,’ here’s where U.S. debt ceiling talks stand
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday that there has been “no progress” in debt ceiling negotiations between House Republicans and…
House conservatives issue new list of demands that could upend debt ceiling talks
WASHINGTON — A powerful bloc of U.S. House conservatives on Friday issued new demands that they said must be met…
