Hiranmayi Srinivasan is a former Associate Editor for Investopedia. She covered personal finance topics such as budgeting, saving, investing, and economic news at Investopedia between 2021 and 2025, ...

At the end of Q4, US national debt reached $38.51 trillion, having soared by yet another $2.30 trillion over the 12 months in the calendar year 2025, or by 6.3%. In Q4 alone, the debt rose by $877 ...

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 18: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks during a press briefing on “Global Policy Agenda” at the IMF headquarters on April 18, 2024 ...

The government hit the debt ceiling back in January which blocked any net new debt from being created from January to June. The blended interest rate has stabilized around 3.1%. More concerning is the ...

US stocks are hovering near all-time highs, buoyed by the prospect of cooling trade tensions between the US and China as corporate America largely brushes off tariff pressures. But that doesn’t mean ...

Intuit Credit Karma reports Americans' average debt rose to $58,712 in Q4 2025, with Gen Z showing the highest growth at 15.29%.

The mounting level of US debt risks a “reckoning” for the economy if the pace of growth doesn’t improve, according to the chief executive of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. “If we continue on the current ...

America's borrowing machine is running hotter than at any point in recent memory, and the cost of keeping it going is starting to bite. With federal debt climbing into the tens of trillions and ...