President Trump's budget bill will add to the US debt pile but is there a limit to how much the rest of the world will lend Uncle Sam?

Economists, investors and politicians have often warned that the U.S.’s growing debt burden would punish future generations.

Bond traders are likely to remain calm even if there is a problem getting the Trump tax and spending bill to the president’s ...

Major stock indices in Europe also rose after the U.S. debt limit news, with Germany's DAX up 1% and London's FTSE gaining 0.3%. A report showing lower-than-expected inflation in the euro zone ...

Economists say consequences of a default on the national debt could include higher interest rates, a stock market crash, a recession and massive job losses. NBC's Alice Barr reports.

During the period from 1929 to 1932, the stock market plummeted a stunning 83%, and many people lost everything. That debacle caused the Great Depression, which really only ended when the United ...

President Joe Biden will create a team tasked with preventing future debt-ceiling standoffs. Biden and Kevin McCarthy reached an 11th-hour deal to prevent a catastrophic default in late May.

President Joe Biden is expected to sign legislation into law to raise the federal debt ceiling and avert a potential default on U.S. Treasury securities. The Senate passed the legislation Thursday ...

A default that stretches on for several weeks would likely cause the stock market to collapse and inflation to soar. Much of this is based, again, on the central role that U.S. Treasury debt plays ...

The debt-ceiling deal could drive up stock-market uncertainty, according to Morgan Stanley. Joe Biden and Kevin McCarthy agreed to suspend the US borrowing limit Saturday evening. The S&P 500 ...