Economy News Debt Not A Big Threat Yet To U S Economy, Cook Says, But Fed Can’t Let Down Its Guard

U.S. debt tops $38 trillion for the first time, worsened by government shutdown

The national debt is rising faster than ever and threatens to undermine confidence in the economy, experts warn. Read More

Trump says the U.S. can grow its way out of $37 trillion in debt. Ray Dalio’s debt-cycle research says not so fast

President Donald Trump’s assertion that U.S. growth can tame debt echoes what Ray Dalio has called the most dangerous phase of a debt cycle: when leaders mistake prosperity for immunity. In an ... Read More

'It's really a political problem': Ray Dalio on the U.S. debt crisis

The U.S. debt has reached $37 trillion. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with billionaire and hedge fund manager Ray Dalio about the ramifications of the debt crisis. Read More

‘Big Short’ investor Steve Eisman warns the U.S. economy is a ‘tale of two cities’ that ‘is not even growing 50 basis points outside of AI’

Billionaire investor Steve Eisman warns of a very different economic reality if one were to remove the gains of AI from the equation. “The U.S. economy is not even growing, really, 50 basis points ... Read More