Freedom Debt Relief reports credit card limits aren’t keeping pace with debt, stressing residents in Kentucky, Alabama, and ...

President Trump is pushing the Federal Reserve to go beyond its legal mandate and help him manage the national debt as Republicans face growing pressure over the nation’s finances. In a series of ...

Riddle is not alone. It’s stories like hers that Sen. Anthony and Sen. Lindsey’s legislation is targeting. Their proposals would keep medical debt off of patients’ credit reports and set clear ...

In 2025, nearly 4 in 10 people said they worried about being able to afford their medications, up significantly from 27% in ...

The report said there were stark contrasts in debt burdens among developing countries. Asia and Oceania held 24% of global public debt, followed by Latin America and the Caribbean at 5%, and ...

The Senate’s so-called vote-a-rama on President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill," now stretching past 20 hours, could move closer to a final vote later Tuesday. Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, tells ...

By Dr. Mike Walden When I recently reviewed my columns of past years, I was surprised I hadn’t written about “the debt” — meaning the national debt — in six years. If anything, concerns about the ...

Global public debt rose to $102-trillion in 2024 – with developing countries accounting for nearly one third of that amount – $31-trillion – and paying a record $921-billion in interest which strains ...

As President Donald Trump's Republicans push ahead on a sweeping tax-cut and spending bill that nonpartisan analysts say ...

But that, of course, is not going to happen. The consequence is a much more unstable future given likely heightened market volatility at times when the debt burden comes into focus.

Mortgage debt dominates, accounting for $13.13 trillion, which is approximately 74% of all consumer debt. However, according ...