US debt increasingly functions less like a conventional balance sheet liability and more like financial infrastructure. It is now more intermediated by systems rather than states.

As we enter 2026, there is no better time to review our finances. With the national debt surpassing $38 trillion, here are ...

America's red ink is no longer an abstraction. The federal tab has climbed to roughly $38.5 trillion, a figure so large it is easier to picture in political slogans than in balance sheets. Yet every ...

CreditNinja reports that about 41% of working-age Americans (72 million) have medical debt, affecting lower-income and ...

CNN — America's national debt just hit another sobering milestone. Total public debt outstanding is now above $30 trillion, according to Treasury Department data published Tuesday. Government ...

In April 2025, Freedom Debt Relief reviewed data from tens of thousands of people actively looking for help with their debt. The numbers might be surprising. A collection account is a debt your ...

America's large and growing national debt is not just a budgetary liability, but increasingly a geopolitical one too.

Americans' household debt levels including mortgages, car loans, credit cards and student loans are now at a new record high, according to data released Wednesday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. Accruing mountains of debt is a common problem among Americans. Data reveals the typical American ...

Rising public debt again is a central concern for Latin American economies amid low growth, high financing costs and an ...

Student loan debt isn't being shouldered equally by all age groups, with millennials and Gen X borrowers having particularly ...