Markets now price in the risk of the US government defaulting on its debts. The risk is small, but it should be zero.

Habitual deficit financing — the very disease fiscally minded Founding Father Hamilton warned against — has become business ...

Worries may persist for a few weeks about Moody's U.S. credit rating downgrade, but the historical indicators of the U.S. economy, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite, ...

Economists consider Moody's downgrade justified, given the U.S.'s reluctance to address its rising debt and deficit.

The country’s debt problem is bigger than the latest budget or tax bill; it starts and ends with entitlements.

An economist explains why the recent credit rating downgrades for major U.S. banks might not carry a big impact.

Making deals for jobs that would come back in future years could make Trump a hero in the future, but it does nothing to help ...

US debt has risen from less than $6 trillion in 2000 to over $37 trillion. Our debt is now 720% greater than our annual ...

The wise minds at Moody’s Investors Service acknowledged last week what the other two main credit rating agencies did years ago: America has a debt problem. Now it’s time for America to recognize that ...

The wise minds at Moody’s Investors Service finally acknowledged last week what the other two main credit rating agencies did ...

The wise minds at Moody’s Investors Service finally acknowledged last week what the other two main credit rating agencies did ...