Market watchers may want to keep their summer plans loose. The action in Washington this past week did little to clarify the endgame for President Trump and Republicans on an array of issues important ...

T-bills are dwindling in supply, as the U.S. has been operating without a debt-ceiling fix since January The booming money-market-fund industry could soon face a shortage of its favorite assets to buy ...

Over the past 60 years, US Congress has raised the debt ceiling 78 times. For most of this period, raising the debt ceiling ...

If the U.S. defaults on its debt, the government would fail to meet its financial obligations to bondholders. This would trigger widespread economic disruption. While the U.S. has never fully ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congress is taking action Thursday to avert a government shutdown. However, lawmakers are doing so by not addressing the debt ceiling. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said if ...