Subscribe Now
Rankings
Magazine
Newsletters
Podcasts
Video On Demand
Fortune Live Media
Fortune Connect
Fortune Education
Fortune Well
Fortune Crypto
Fortune Recommends
Rankings
See All Rankings
Fortune 500
Global 500
40 Under 40
GREAT PLACE TO WORK LISTS
Best MBA Programs
Magazine
April/May 2023
February/March 2023
December 2022/January 2023
October/November 2022
Newsletters
Podcasts
More
Video On Demand
Fortune Live Media
Fortune Connect
Fortune Education
Fortune Well
Fortune Crypto
Fortune Recommends
SEARCH
SEARCH
SIGN IN
Subscribe Now
Debt
Finance
Ray Dalio says the U.S. is facing a big-cycle debt crisis and warns, ‘Things are going to get worse for the economy’
BY
Chloe Taylor
Personal Finance
Millennials have been racing ‘against the clock’ to save thousands during the student loan payment pause: ‘It feels like I’ve gotten away with something’
BY
Alicia Adamczyk
Finance
Democratic veterans from 2 decades of budget wars say the national debt isn’t worth holding the U.S. and global economy ‘hostage’
BY
Tristan Bove
Personal Finance
New student loan borrowers are about to face the highest interest rates since the Great Recession
BY
Alicia Adamczyk
Credit Cards
Consumer debt just hit a collective $17 trillion. Here’s what to know if you’re struggling
BY
Casey Bond
Politics
‘It’s essentially a game of chicken.’ The debt limit standoff has no real winners and potentially one big loser: The U.S. economy
BY
Tristan Bove
Personal Finance
A Republican plan would end the student loan payment pause and require borrowers to make retroactive payments
BY
Alicia Adamczyk
Politics
Biden turns up heat on GOP speaker McCarthy over debt ceiling impasse: ‘He’s proposed deep cuts that I believe will hurt American families’
BY
Seung Min Kim
and
The Associated Press
Finance
The IRS’s additional funding is helping it better predict the X-date—the exact day when the U.S. will run out of money
BY
Fatima Hussein
and
The Associated Press
Success
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel wiped out over $10 million in student loans for an entire graduating class. A year later, 3 grads share how it changed their lives
BY
Jane Thier
Credit Cards
Ready to pay off credit card debt for good? Try one of these 5 strategies
BY
Sarah Brady
Personal Finance
Money guru Dave Ramsey was floored by the high-earning millennial couple with nearly $1 million in debt. Their story shows how hard it is to avoid lifestyle creep
BY
Jane Thier
Personal Finance
A FIRE movement pioneer who retired early with $3 million at age 34 says he must return to work to afford his kids’ college education
BY
Alicia Adamczyk
Personal Finance
Millennials are finally feeling optimistic about their finances—probably because most got financial help from their families
BY
Megan Leonhardt
Finance
Wall Street’s ‘Dr. Doom’ sees ‘Bermuda Triangle’ of risks for economy and warns of a 2008-like crisis
BY
Steve Mollman
Load More
Most Popular
Finance
The housing market is so broken that many 40- and 30-something millennials have no choice but to build homes in their...
BY
Jeff Kruth
,
Murali Paranandi
, and others
Features
Motorola ditched cell phones and found a lucrative second act. Now it’s one of tech’s biggest turnaround stories
BY
Stephen Gandel
Success
Ultrawealthy heterosexual couples are living like the 1950s never ended, according to research of 30 years of data
BY
Jill Yavorsky
,
Sarah Thebaud
, and others