WASHINGTON -- While the concept of the debt ceiling might seem "in the weeds," it actually poses a very real threat to millions of Americans in a precarious economic period. If lawmakers on Capitol ...

Concern over a possible default is expected to intensify in the coming weeks as Congress debates raising the U.S. debt ceiling. The debt limit debate probably sounds like a complicated economic issue.

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

The stockpile has now fallen to nearly half its November 2013 peak, financial data shows, as long-term sell-off continues China reduced its US Treasury holdings in October to its lowest level in 17 ...