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U.S. debt tops $38T as debt-to-GDP surges and foreign banks shift from Treasuries to gold. Read the full analysis here.

U.S. national debt officially reached a record $38.5 trillion in January 2026. Federal borrowing is accelerating at a rate of ...

Prior to the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill, Trump’s “growth” math stood a chance of closing the gap. Now it’s much ...

The U.S. national debt is climbing at a rapid pace and has shown no signs of slowing down in 2026 despite the growing criticism of massive levels of government spending. The national debt, which ...

The U.S. national debt surpassed another historic milestone as it topped $38 trillion for the first time this week, as the federal government continues to rack up debt at a record-setting pace. New ...

While the federal government sometimes quotes a net debt-to-GDP ratio of all levels of government, which was at 19% in the ...

Governments sometimes get themselves into trouble with too much debt. Early economist Adam Smith devoted the last chapter of his famous Wealth of Nations (1776) to the topic of sovereign default. “The ...

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