Late last month, fiscal watchdogs issued a concerning update on the state of federal finances: The national debt had finally ...

U.S. national debt held by the public has surpassed the size of the economy for the first time since World War II, reaching over 100% of GDP in March.

The US national debt passed another grim milestone Thursday when the latest data showed that government debt held by the public has surpassed America's total annual economic output.

Federal debt held by the public now surpasses the total value of the nation's economic output. Here's why experts say that's ...

The milestone marks a symbolic and economic threshold, with federal debt now roughly twice its historical average relative to the size of the economy. Outside of a brief distortion early in the ...

The United States national debt has now grown beyond the size of the country’s GDP, punctuating a long-running trajectory ...

The U.S. national debt crossed 100 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) at the end of March, with signs that it might cross the record of 106 percent of GDP reached immediately after World War II.

Federal debt exceeding the size of the economy is a potent symbol of the gathering fiscal stresses on the U.S.

Last week it was reported that our national debt officially has surpassed 100% of our GDP (gross domestic product). Our national debt (as of the report) now totals $31.27 trillion, while GDP stands at ...

Last week’s grim news about America’s publicly traded debt should be a blaring emergency siren — and a wake-up call. Data ...

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) on Friday warned that the growing national debt is “a ticking time bomb” and he called on his fellow lawmakers to do “much more.” The U.S. national debt crossed 100 percent of ...

The U.S. national debt is now larger than the economy as a whole, hitting levels not seen since the aftermath of World War II ...