One debt relief option that you may be considering now is debt consolidation. This typically occurs by taking out a new loan, often at a much lower interest rate than the ones you have with your ...

As the government resumes collection on debt from millions of default student loans, experts warn scammers could be looking to take advantage of borrowers. So if you get *** call from *** debt ...

But while a lot of people are dealing with collection issues right now, what many of them may not realize is that debt collectors must follow specific rules established by federal law. These rules ...

Even without the trillions of dollars expected to come with Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill,” the White House has slowed the growth of federal debt held by the public so dramatically that ...

The Philippines' running sovereign debt balance widened to a new record high as of March 2025 amid the government’s fundraising efforts to bankroll key programs, data released by the Bureau of the ...

“I respectfully urge Congress to increase or suspend the debt limit by mid-July, before its scheduled break, to protect the full faith and credit of the United States,” Bessent wrote. The ...

Moody’s Ratings Service on Friday said it is downgrading the U.S.’s creditworthiness in response to an increase in government debt over the past decade and rising interest payments ...

House Republicans are moving forward with plans to raise the nation’s debt ceiling by $4 trillion as part of a larger plan to advance President Trump’s tax agenda. The proposal, which was ...

Americans tidied up their household balance sheets to start 2025, cleaning up some credit card and auto loan debt, new data showed Tuesday. However, the debt outlook for millions of student loan ...

Student loan borrowers who haven't paid their debt now face seeing their wages garnished, Social Security benefits reduced, and more as debt collection resumes in 2025. A five-year break that ...

The Treasury Department said Friday it would likely run out of cash to pay the nation’s bills by August, setting a new, firmer deadline for Congress to act to avoid a catastrophic default on the ...