In a new working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, economists Vadim Elenev, Tim Landvoigt, an ...

Just two weeks after he was sworn into office, former President Ronald Reagan went on national television to address the ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had enormous impacts on state and local governments by reducing tax revenue, causing widespread unemployment, and increasing healthcare costs. In addition to reducing ...

Moody’s Downgraded the US… Should You Care? The S&P downgraded the US credit rating in 2011. Then, in 2023, Fitch followed suit. Finally, Moody's pulled the trigger on May 16, 2025. Their decision ...

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Many Americans have heard that they should worry about the staggering size of the national debt. For the first time in modern ...

Globally, government debt/GDP ratios and debt service costs have increased since the GFC and Covid, raising the relevance and importance of sovereign bond indices like the FTSE Debt Capacity World ...

MINNEAPOLIS — If you wince when look at your monthly credit card bill, you might not believe what the U.S. government has racked up. The national debt now tops more than $34 trillion. That's a new ...

With large amounts of new government debt issuance around the globe this past year, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that taxes could rise too. There are only a few ways to reduce a government’s debt-load ...