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EconomyAmerica’s national debt borrowing binge means interest payments will rocket to $2 trillion a year by 2036, CBO says
By Eleanor PringleFebruary 11, 2026
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EconomyAmerica borrowed $43.5 billion a week in the first four months of the fiscal year, with debt interest on track to be over $1 trillion for 2026
By Eleanor PringleFebruary 10, 2026
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EconomyChina might be beginning to back away from U.S. debt as investors get nervous about overexposure to American assets
By Eleanor PringleFebruary 9, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters and members of the media at Mar-a-Lago on February 1, 2026 in Palm Beach, Florida.
EconomyPresident Trump just missed a key legal deadline for his spending plans—stoking economists’ fears over the $38.5 trillion national debt
By Eleanor PringleFebruary 3, 2026
Ken Griffin, chief executive officer of Citadel Advisors LLC, at Bloomberg House during the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026.
EconomyKen Griffin says America was sent an ‘explicit warning’ from the bond market, and it’s time to get the national debt in order
By Eleanor PringleJanuary 22, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn after landing at the White House on January 4, 2026, in Washington, D.C.
EconomyNational debt is already killing the American Dream, says top economist—and it might push the U.S. into an outright depression
By Eleanor PringleJanuary 18, 2026
Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase
EconomyJamie Dimon warns $38 trillion national debt is going to ‘bite’: ‘You can’t just keep borrowing money endlessly’
By Eleanor PringleJanuary 14, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump
EconomyTreasury spent $276 billion in interest on the national debt in the final three months of 2025, says the CBO—up $30 billion from a year prior
By Eleanor PringleJanuary 12, 2026
President Donald Trump listens as first lady Melania Trump speaks at a signing ceremony for the "Fostering the Future" executive order in the East Room of the White House on November 13, 2025 in Washington, DC.
EconomyNational debt crisis will be averted by governments ‘mobilizing and encouraging’ private wealth to fill budget holes, says UBS
By Eleanor PringleNovember 29, 2025
Ray Dalio on stage with Fortune's Diane Brady at Fortune Global Forum this year.
InvestingI chatted to Ray Dalio’s AI doppelgänger: It claims there’s a 75% chance the AI bubble bursts in 2026, isn’t so worried about national debt—and wouldn’t say which stocks to avoid
By Eleanor PringleNovember 24, 2025
Barry Eichengreen
Personal FinanceYour political polarization is the reason for our $38 trillion national debt, top economist says: ‘it’s deeply debilitating’ for ‘consensus and stability and productive policy results’
By Eva RoytburgNovember 13, 2025
David Solomon, chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs Group
EconomyGoldman Sachs CEO says AI-induced growth offers a ‘path out’ of America’s $38 trillion debt crisis
By Eleanor PringleNovember 3, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump
EconomyGovernments are likely to pillage the $80 trillion ‘Great Wealth Transfer’ to fund their national debt, says UBS
By Eleanor PringleOctober 29, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press as he departs the White House for Joint Base Andrews on October 24, 2025 in Washington, DC.
North AmericaThe U.S. is joining Europe’s debt club—Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ could fuel $38 trillion tab, bigger than Italy or Greece by GDP share
By Eva RoytburgOctober 28, 2025
President Donald Trump attends a press conference with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer (not pictured) at Chequers at the conclusion of a state visit on September 18, 2025
EconomyWhy is Washington acting like the U.S. is in a recession?
By Eleanor PringleOctober 27, 2025
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