This creates a fascinating economic divide: the public sector—designed to provide stability—is heavily indebted, while the ...

An analysis by Manar Al-Obaidi reveals a 116% spike in Iraqi government debt in H1 2025, threatening stability as banking ...

The Trump administration is considering selling off part of the federal government’s $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio to ...

At the same time, Nassim Nicholas Taleb called the federal debt a “white swan,” or a crisis hiding in plain sight ...

Veracode’s Public Sector State of Software Security 2025 Report Reveals 78% of Government Organizations Operate with Unaddressed Security Flaws, with Critical Vulnerabilities Persisting for Years ...

When you factor in all of the assets that the U.S. government owns, its debt is not that bad. More like a reasonable mortgage.

Global leaders face a world of economic uncertainty. Public debt has surged significantly since the pandemic. Governments spent heavily to combat the crisis, and this spending has not been reversed.

The fall of the French government on Monday because of its failure to get through parliament an austerity program to deal with rising government debt is a very sharp political expression of the ...

The federal student loan program has inadvertently made college unaffordable, increasing student debt. Federally subsidized loans have incentivized colleges to raise tuition costs, capturing a ...

After the tumult of the 2008 financial crisis, the investor Bill Gross, known as “The Bond King,” was ill at ease. He’d bet on the government and against the housing market. In doing so, he made a ...

Wale Edun, minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy, says the federal government is determined to ensure full transparency in public finances by bringing all government funds under ...

External debt collectors (EDC) contracted by the eThekwini municipality to collect R11.9 billion have managed to collect R610 ...