The consumer price index was rose 2.4% in February 2026, above policymakers' target, economists said. War in Iran complicates the picture.

The nonpartisan fiscal watchdog revised its estimates to add $2 trillion to its earlier projection.

E ver since turning communist, China has set top-down targets for its economy. Mao Zedong wanted to double steel output in a ...

Until recently, governments could postpone these choices by borrowing on convenient terms. But now, unprecedented debt levels ...

A major transformation is underway in sub-Saharan Africa: Governments are increasingly shifting borrowing away from external debt and toward domestic debt. This trend brings fresh opportunities to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office's 10-year outlook projects worsening long-term federal deficits and rising debt, driven largely by increased spending, notably on Social ...

Botswana’s economy is projected to rebound this year after two consecutive years of contraction, but Government debt is expected to exceed the statutory ceiling due to another large budget deficit, ...

In his Jan. 30 op-ed “The World’s Worst Budget Process,” former Rep. Van Taylor correctly identifies the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 as a problem in the federal budget ...

We disagree with President Trump on many things, but we can find common ground on abolishing the debt ceiling. We’ve called for an end to the debt ceiling multiple times, and we’re asking our ...

Without an approved budget, Fulton cannot pay it's bills - Mayor Rice. City Council meeting Dec. 16th FULTON — City officials confirmed this week that Fulton is operating close to its constitutional ...

Debt ceiling uncertainty may affect crude oil market price through multiple channels simultaneously, e.g. enterprise production, investor sentiment (SENT), and government shutdown. More specifically, ...

America faces a debt wall. Counterintuitively, the debt ceiling has fueled the debt problem by manufacturing fiscal emergencies that undermine US creditworthiness and force panic-driven, ...