Republicans bet on the economy growing faster than reasonable to cover plans that could reignite inflation, rising interest ...

The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) latest budget and economic outlook includes a troubling projection for net inte ...

The Fed’s key rate has a bearing on the sustainability of public borrowing, which is heading to striking levels.

The latest news on budget talks between President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress indicates that the financial risks to Social Security and Medicare, as well as to the entire ...

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) ...

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 ...

Projections show steady budget deficits exceeding 5% of GDP, even assuming that the bulk of the 2017 tax cuts expire.

The Congressional ... budget scorekeeper estimated that federal spending would total $7 trillion during the fiscal year, amounting to 23.3 percent of the country’s gross domestic product ...

Read about the CBO's projections regarding the country's budget and economy for 2025 and for the 10 years that follow.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO ... The CBO's outlook shows that, as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), or compared to the size of the U.S. economy, the federal ...

The Congressional Budget Office's most recent report delivered a grim outlook for federal finances, noting that public debt will rise from nearly $29 trillion to $52 ...