Most countries, experts say, can’t take on the level of debt the U.S. holds. Because most of the global economy runs on dollars, the U.S. has more leeway to borrow.

The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.5% annual pace from January through March as President Donald Trump’s import taxes at least temporarily disrupted business, the Commerce Department said.

The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.5% annual pace from January through March as President Donald Trump’s trade wars disrupted business, the Commerce Department reported Thursday in an unexpected ...

The U.S. economy is on track to slow in 2025 as households and businesses grapple with higher prices stemming from U.S. tariffs, the Federal's Reserve latest forecast shows. Gross domestic product ...

People have been worrying about U.S. debt basically ever since there even was a U.S. “The accumulation of debts is a most fearful evil,” Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1787. At the time, U.S. debt ...

U.S. policymakers are increasingly anxious about the integrity of certain government benchmarks, crucial data points that help the Fed assess the economy’s health and guide interest rate decisions.

The U.S. Economy Pushes Through the Trade War Employers and investors braced for economic meltdown. It hasn’t happened, though there are headwinds By Jeanne Whalen , Justin Lahart ...

On Monday night, just hours after Iran’s retaliatory strike on a U.S. base and while talk of regime change was still in the air, President Trump announced a cease-fire deal between Iran and Israel.

Americans’ view of the U.S. economy worsened in June, resuming a downward slide that had dragged consumer confidence to its lowest level since the COVID-19 pandemic five years ago.

How the national debt affects the U.S. — and you — in 10 charts The national debt already exceeds $36 trillion and is growing at historic rates.