Promising tax cuts without offsetting spending cuts is politically painless so long as constituents believe they “pay for ...

America's debt and spending are up despite DOGE and increased tariff revenue. Entitlement programs cuts are needed if we want ...

As we mentioned in our recent Midyear 2025 Outlook: Pragmatic Optimism, Measured Expectations, we expect bond market action to continue to swing between concerns over slowing economic data (lower ...

The $29 trillion federal debt held by the public is becoming an increasingly local problem. Washington's fiscal challenges have led to increased borrowing costs as well as reduced federal aid to ...

Germany prides itself on providing a generous welfare state — free universities, universal healthcare and promises of protection from life’s hardest blows are a key part of its contemporary identity, ...

In just a little over two months, the national debt swelled by $1 trillion. This is twice as fast as the rate of growth since 2000, Michael Peterson says.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The federal government just accumulated an additional $2 trillion in debt over the last 12 months. That’s the kind ...

While headlines focus on inflation, market instability, and job growth, another crisis has been quietly unfolding: student loan debt. As of April 2025, roughly 5.8 million federal student loan ...

As the end of the extend-and-pretend era of commercial real estate lending coincides with the meteoric rise of private credit, a growing number of investors are eager to buy debt — and traditional ...

With the enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill pushing America’s debt-to-GDP ratio further into dangerous territory, a sudden political pivot towards fiscal discipline seems unlikely. Policy-makers ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VSS Capital Partners (“VSS”), a private investment firm investing in the healthcare, education, and business services industries, today announced that it was recognized as ...

Signs of elevated stress are emerging within the $1.7 trillion private credit market as default rates are rising and more borrowers are choosing to defer cash interest payments, according to a Bank of ...