Margin debt as a percentage of real DPI has been reported at around 6.23%, the highest on record. This ratio also suggests ...

Governments often borrow money to cover deficits when taxes and other revenues don’t cover expenses. The national debt is the total amount of money a country’s government owes to its creditors. A ...

What about student debt? Nearly 25% of the $1.6 trillion in the federal student loan portfolio is at risk of default, according to Investopedia. TransUnion, another big credit-rating agency, reports ...

The United States national debt has reached a record $37.8 trillion, a level never seen before in the country’s history. This rapid rise has raised serious concerns among economists, policymakers, and ...

Consumers splurged on goods in particular, but also on services, and they accounted for 69% of GDP and moved the GDP needle. The trade deficit worsened further, driven by rampant consumer spending and ...

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - U.S. debt Cassandras can point to news of the country's record household debt figure last week as yet another sign that the day of reckoning for the heavily indebted ...

Global debt has stabilized, though it remains at an elevated level, as a continued reduction in private-sector lending offset greater borrowing by governments. Total debt was little changed last year, ...

When I recently reviewed my columns of past years, I was surprised I hadn’t written about “the debt” — meaning the national debt — in six years. If anything, concerns about the national debt have ...