Too much government debt is harmful to an economy and its citizens. Will Trump and Musk be able to restore fiscal sanity in Washington?

Historically speaking, current US levels are about average. Compared with other affluent countries, they’re low. But there ...

Nancy Lazar and Chris Menzenski of Piper Sandler think U.S. households are starting the year on the right foot.

There aren’t many problems in America that can’t be traced back to the growth of a big and incompetent government. This chart shows the meteoric rise of government spending per person after ...

continued deficit spending by the federal government, and reduced immigration that will limit growth of productive capacity. Most likely, interest rates will be neither a positive nor a negative ...

New data shows retail and restaurant spending rose again last month, suggesting consumers unhappy about higher post-pandemic prices are still buying, especially when they can get a good deal.