Despite the challenges, the Trump administration has pointed to its efforts to reduce the national debt. Treasury Secretary ...

・The U.S. gross national debt has reached $37,004,818,000,000 as of August 11, 2026, hitting the milestone years ahead of pre-pandemic forecasts. ・Heavy pandemic borrowing and new tax and spending ...

The national debt has increased every year for the past ten years, and interest expenses have remained fairly stable due to low interest rates and the perceived low risk of U.S. government default, ...

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 ...