Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mike Patton covers the financial markets, economy, and national debt. In a not-so-surprising move, the rating agency Moody’s has ...

・The U.S. gross national debt has reached $37,004,818,000,000 as of August 11, 2026, hitting the milestone years ahead of pre-pandemic forecasts. ・Heavy pandemic borrowing and new tax and spending ...

The U.S. government's budget deficits are now projected to worsen throughout the next decade when compared with earlier forecasts this year, according to a new report by the nonpartisan Committee for ...

I’m a finance professor at UCLA, so let’s talk finance. Which numbers are more meaningful to you? Having $50 to $100 cash in your pocket (rough average for an American) or knowing the total U.S.

University of Sydney provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. The tax cuts bill currently being debated by the US Senate will add another US$3 trillion (A$4.6 trillion) to US debt.