Long a focus of conservatives, the level of public borrowing is starting to concern left-leaning economists. Proposed ...

A top Republican budget hawk called growing federal interest costs "a ticking time bomb that must be defused." ...

Gross domestic product grew by 2.3 percent in the fourth quarter, capping a more robust year than expected. Policy uncertainty clouds the outlook.

Fourth quarter economic growth eased to an annualized rate of 2.3 percent, shy of an expected 2.6 percent, as the economy heads into uncertain territory. Gross domestic product (GDP) growth slowed ...

There is no other Cabinet position that has to engage with lawmakers in Congress across so many disparate technical issues, ...

Stabilizing debt over the next decade at its current share of the economy would require $9.0 trillion of deficit reduction relative to the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) ...

The United States has the smallest defense budget in nearly 100 years. If the U.S. is in a cold war, it seems to be cheaper and less urgent than the last.

Many people talk about both the weather and the U.S. national debt, but few do anything about either. The weather has a mind of its own, but this country’s national debt is a matter for Congress and ...

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus highlighted how Trump's policies would harm farm workers, immigrant families and so-called ...

Americans pay more taxes to support health care than do the citizens of any other country. We must either fix our health care system or watch our economy implode.

In virtual remarks to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, President Donald Trump on ...