Recently, the credit rating of the United States was downgraded. Moody’s, the ratings firm, announced that the U.S. government’s rising debt levels will grow further if the Trump Republican package of ...

The U.S. national debt is a mix of government bonds that trade daily and non-marketable securities that sit exclusively on ...

The legislation that Republicans are trying to push through Congress could swell the very fiscal imbalance that party leaders ...

The U.S. Federal Reserve's ability to steer the economy through interest rate adjustments depends on market confidence. If rates are rising due to runaway debt, the Fed may find itself forced to raise ...

Donald Trump wants to bring offshore factories and jobs back to the US. But globalisation also created loopholes in international tax, regulation, and finance. If the president tries to reverse those ...

Markets now price in the risk of the US government defaulting on its debts. The risk is small, but it should be zero.

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

As part of a broader effort at deregulating the banking sector, U.S. policymakers are musing about easing leverage rules — a ...

Technical charts for gold point to a multiyear rally reaching almost $7,000 an ounce. - MarketWatch photo ...

Treasury bonds have been the safest investment around. Fiscal-policy-driven volatility could be changing that.