Washington has until the late spring or summer to raise the borrowing limit past its $36 trillion cap, setting up a test with economy-reverberating consequences for Republicans.

February is seasonally a good month for fiscal flows and this year has been no exception, the good news is that March is also ...

The US debt currently sits at around $36.6 trillion and the government is, once again, approaching its legal borrowing limit.

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Like any home or business, the federal government must pay its bills: Congress has little time to prevent a government ...

President Donald Trump and key Senate Republicans are still grasping for a solution to the US government closing in on ...

There are signs from the Senate on a potential way to avoid a federal government shutdown. But 60 votes are needed to move anything forward and it's still unclear if enough Democrats will join ...

New data from the Treasury Department shows the federal deficit is $318 billion larger in the first five months of fiscal ...

Economists Martín Guzmán and Joseph Stiglitz explain how state-level changes can assist the 3.3 billion people living in ...

While the government did cut its outlays in February, the budget deficit for the month more than doubled compared to January ...

Leveraging UBT ETF could be profitable if bonds rally, but it requires careful risk management due to its inherent volatility ...

Wall Street turns sharply lower; US inflation expectations rise; US farmers retrench; Japan rises; China hits Canada with higher tariffs; German factories busier; UST 10yr at 4.23%, gold and oil down; ...