President-elect Donald Trump will take charge of a federal government that will reach its self-imposed debt limit of $36 ...

In one of her last acts as Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen says her agency will start taking “extraordinary measures,” or ...

Projections show steady budget deficits exceeding 5% of GDP, even assuming that the bulk of the 2017 tax cuts expire.

The government exceeded its borrowing limit on Trump's second day in office, leaving the new government with an uncertain ...

On Tuesday, the Treasury Department started taking "extraordinary measures" to avoid breaching the debt ceiling while urging ...

President-elect Trump wants congressional Republicans to figure out a way to avoid a default on the national debt after ...

President-elect Trump and congressional Republicans are plotting how to address the nation’s debt limit this year. The debt ...

The Treasury will begin extraordinary measures Tuesday, potentially draining the TGA account in a positive development for ...

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the U.S. government’s fiscal health is bleak, with debt and deficits ...

The federal government will hit its debt limit one day after President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration – at which point “extraordinary measures” will be taken to keep the US from ...

Jan. 18 (UPI) --President-elect Donald Trump will take charge of a federal government that will reach its self-imposed debt limit of $36 trillion a day after he is sworn in on Monday. The Treasury ...

The gigantic national debt is finally starting to spook financial markets. That could hamstring Trump's economic agenda.