The federal government is taking on record amounts of debt year after year. The U.S. owes lenders more than $36 trillion. That is close to an all-time high when comparing the debt to the country’s ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mike Patton covers the financial markets, economy, and national debt. In a not-so-surprising move, the rating agency Moody’s has ...

American household debt has officially hit another all-time high, and the numbers behind it paint a troubling picture. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's latest Household Debt and ...