In a decade, the government will send an amount equal to nearly half the income taxes you pay to its bondholders. That money ...

An unfunded pension liability is a debt but is not treated the same as other government obligations.

The C.B.O. said that the amount of debt held by the public is expected to become much larger than the annual output of the ...

A report on Monday said regulators told banks in China to dial back Treasury holdings. Bond yields edged higher and the ...

The government hit the debt ceiling back in January which blocked any net new debt from being created from January to June.

The national debt recently surpassed $38 trillion, but America’s debt crisis isn’t limited to the federal government. Less well known is that, nationwide, state and local governments now hold more ...

Despite talk about DOGE, spending cuts, and the chatter about tariff revenue plugging the budget hole, the national debt keeps getting bigger and bigger.

Treasury securities trends are often a strong indicator of how investors think the Fed will steer the economy. And by that measure, the markets are expecting falling interest rates and decent growth.

This distinction matters because you cannot put your life on hold while waiting for certainty. You can’t delay retirement, ...

Finance ministers and central bankers, who recently gathered in Washington for the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund, face a global trading system in disarray, uncertainty over the ...

HM Treasury selected HSBC Orion as DIGIT’s technology platform on February 12, 2026. The UK structured DIGIT as a digitally ...

I’m Chris Anstey, an economics editor in Boston. Today we’re looking at more thematic takeaways from Bloomberg’s flagship New Economy Forum. Send us feedback and tips to ecodaily@bloomberg.net. And if ...