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Economy

Come 2030, the U.S. deficit will be worth 5.9% of GDP—more than spending on Social Security, and equal to major health programs

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February 26, 2026
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Economy

America’s national debt borrowing binge means interest payments will rocket to $2 trillion a year by 2036, CBO says

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February 11, 2026
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Economy

America borrowed $43.5 billion a week in the first four months of the fiscal year, with debt interest on track to be over $1 trillion for 2026

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February 10, 2026
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Economy

China might be beginning to back away from U.S. debt as investors get nervous about overexposure to American assets

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February 9, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters and members of the media at Mar-a-Lago on February 1, 2026 in Palm Beach, Florida.
Economy

President Trump just missed a key legal deadline for his spending plans—stoking economists’ fears over the $38.5 trillion national debt

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February 3, 2026
Ken Griffin, chief executive officer of Citadel Advisors LLC, at Bloomberg House during the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026.
Economy

Ken Griffin says America was sent an ‘explicit warning’ from the bond market, and it’s time to get the national debt in order

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January 22, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn after landing at the White House on January 4, 2026, in Washington, D.C.
Economy

National debt is already killing the American Dream, says top economist—and it might push the U.S. into an outright depression

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January 18, 2026
Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase
Economy

Jamie Dimon warns $38 trillion national debt is going to ‘bite’: ‘You can’t just keep borrowing money endlessly’

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January 14, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump
Economy

Treasury spent $276 billion in interest on the national debt in the final three months of 2025, says the CBO—up $30 billion from a year prior

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January 12, 2026
President Donald Trump listens as first lady Melania Trump speaks at a signing ceremony for the "Fostering the Future" executive order in the East Room of the White House on November 13, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Economy

National debt crisis will be averted by governments ‘mobilizing and encouraging’ private wealth to fill budget holes, says UBS

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November 29, 2025
Ray Dalio on stage with Fortune's Diane Brady at Fortune Global Forum this year.
Investing

I chatted to Ray Dalio’s AI doppelgänger: It claims there’s a 75% chance the AI bubble bursts in 2026, isn’t so worried about national debt—and wouldn’t say which stocks to avoid

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November 24, 2025
Barry Eichengreen
Personal Finance

Your political polarization is the reason for our $38 trillion national debt, top economist says: ‘it’s deeply debilitating’ for ‘consensus and stability and productive policy results’

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November 13, 2025
David Solomon, chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs Group
Economy

Goldman Sachs CEO says AI-induced growth offers a ‘path out’ of America’s $38 trillion debt crisis

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November 3, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump
Economy

Governments are likely to pillage the $80 trillion ‘Great Wealth Transfer’ to fund their national debt, says UBS

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October 29, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press as he departs the White House for Joint Base Andrews on October 24, 2025 in Washington, DC.
North America

The U.S. is joining Europe’s debt club—Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ could fuel $38 trillion tab, bigger than Italy or Greece by GDP share

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October 28, 2025

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