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1 week ago

America's national debt borrowing binge means interest payments will rocket to $2 trillion a year by 2036, CBO says | Fortune

The White House of 2036 will have a mammoth task on its hands: It will need to rustle up more than $2 trillion a year to pay the interest on its national debt burden, approximately 5% of the nation's entire economy. According to the latest projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the U.S. government will continue to run a sizeable and growing deficit over the next decade.
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fromFortune
1 week ago

America borrowed $43.5 billion a week in the first four months of the fiscal year, with debt interest on track to be over $1 trillion for 2026 | Fortune

U.S. ran a $696 billion deficit in the first four months of FY2026, debt exceeds $38.5 trillion, and annual interest payments approach $1 trillion.
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fromFortune
1 week ago
Artificial intelligence

Elon Musk warns the U.S. is '1,000% going to go bankrupt' unless AI and robotics save the economy from crushing debt | Fortune

fromFortune
3 weeks ago
US politics

Jamie Dimon warns that the $38 trillion national debt is 'not sustainable' and it's one of two 'tectonic plates' that may crash in the near future | Fortune

fromFortune
3 months ago
US politics

As national debt accelerates to $38 trillion, watchdog warns it's 'no way for a great nation like America to run its finances' | Fortune

fromFortune
4 months ago
US politics

America is 'going broke slowly' says JPMorgan, as national debt balloons and tariff revenue looks shaky | Fortune

fromFortune
1 week ago
Artificial intelligence

Elon Musk warns the U.S. is '1,000% going to go bankrupt' unless AI and robotics save the economy from crushing debt | Fortune

fromFortune
3 weeks ago
US politics

Jamie Dimon warns that the $38 trillion national debt is 'not sustainable' and it's one of two 'tectonic plates' that may crash in the near future | Fortune

fromFortune
3 months ago
US politics

As national debt accelerates to $38 trillion, watchdog warns it's 'no way for a great nation like America to run its finances' | Fortune

fromFortune
4 months ago
US politics

America is 'going broke slowly' says JPMorgan, as national debt balloons and tariff revenue looks shaky | Fortune

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fromFortune
2 weeks ago
US politics

Kevin Warsh will inherit a challenge no Fed chief has faced since post-World War II | Fortune

fromFortune
2 months ago
US politics

Two months into the new fiscal year, and the government is already spending $10 billion a week on servicing national debt | Fortune

fromFortune
5 months ago
US politics

'The nation's finances have deteriorated' since Trump's took office, CRFB says, gaming out the scenarios up to a $28.5 trillion deficit

fromFortune
2 weeks ago
US politics

Kevin Warsh will inherit a challenge no Fed chief has faced since post-World War II | Fortune

fromFortune
2 months ago
US politics

Two months into the new fiscal year, and the government is already spending $10 billion a week on servicing national debt | Fortune

fromFortune
5 months ago
US politics

'The nation's finances have deteriorated' since Trump's took office, CRFB says, gaming out the scenarios up to a $28.5 trillion deficit

UK politics
fromBusiness Matters
8 months ago

Reform UK clashes with Bank of England over interest payments to lenders

The Bank of England defends interest payments on reserves despite calls for their elimination attributed to financial burdens on taxpayers.
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