A recent email I received from “P” asked for my opinion of “the current safety of U.S. Treasuries in this uncertain time.” ...

Are they auditioning in Washington for a Saturday Night Live skit?

Many investors have been loath to move out of T-bills into riskier assets in recent years, given the higher yields available on short-term debt backed by the full faith of the U.S. government. The ...

MoneyMagpie Editor and financial expert Vicky Parry explains how some debt can be beneficial to you in the long run ...

From Habsburg Spain to Trump’s America, there’s no escaping the consequences of spending more on interest payments than on ...

The budget plan the Senate passed before dawn on Friday leaves large hurdles for President Donald Trump’s tax cut agenda and ...

The time it takes debt and derogatory marks to fall off your credit report depends on the type of debt or mark involved. In general, most debt will fall off your credit report after seven years, but ...

President Donald Trump appointed Russell Vought to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Shortly after, Vought announced that he had notified the Federal Reserve that the CFPB would ...

Wendy Edelberg is the director of the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution and was chief economist of the ...

Germany's Scholz: Debt Ceiling Will Not Cap Our Defence Spending MUNICH (Reuters) -German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday predicted that a new government would create an exemption for spending ...

The federal debt limit is not the same as funding the government. If the U.S. defaults on its debt, the ramifications are different than when Congress fails to fund the government. The recently ...

The rising costs of federal debt, an impending budget showdown, and Congressional turmoil is highlighting the complex relationship between Treasury securities and municipal bonds.