EconomyNews
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with congressional leaders at the White House on Tuesday to discuss raising the debt ceiling as… Read More
EconomyCommentary
“If you buy a car,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre explained the other day, “you are expected to pay the monthly payment. … It’s… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The U.S. government has long been a spendthrift. It spends more than it takes in—now more than ever. The national debt has ballooned to a… Read More
Economy Analysis
The clock is ticking on America’s debt, and Republicans lawmakers are calling on President Joe Biden to agree to their plan to raise the debt… Read More
EconomyNews
President Joe Biden met with Republican and Democrat leaders Tuesday to discuss the debt ceiling as the U.S. could “run out of cash” in less… Read More
EconomyNews
The U.S. “will run out of cash to pay all the government’s bills on time” on June 8, according to Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
As Americans deal with an economic hangover of high inflation and rising interest rates caused in large part by Washington’s irresponsible spending spree, House Republicans… Read More
PoliticsAnalysis
The U.S. may “potentially” default on its debt “as early as June 1, if Congress does not raise or suspend the debt limit before that… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The House of Representatives passed the Limit, Save, Grow Act on Wednesday, marking a significant victory for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. McCarthy managed to… Read More
PoliticsNews
Republican’s debt ceiling bill likely faces an uphill battle in the Senate. The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the Limit, Save, Grow… Read More
EconomyNews
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 as the debt ceiling debate continues in the nation’s capital…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., released text April 19 of legislation dubbed the Limit, Save, Grow Act. The bill, a focus of internal negotiations among… Read More
PoliticsAnalysis
Michael Morell, former deputy director of the CIA, testified that Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who at the time was a senior adviser to the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Most Americans think that work in exchange for government benefits is common sense. For safety-net benefits, work-capable beneficiaries should begin to work, look for work,… Read More
EconomyNews
President Joe Biden “has been missing in action and misleading the public,” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Monday in New York as the debt… Read More
Economy Analysis
OXON HILL, Md.—The clock is ticking on America’s debt. “You cannot spend yourself into oblivion like this country’s been doing,” Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., says,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
A character in Ernest Hemingway’s first novel, “The Sun Also Rises,” explains how he went bankrupt: “Gradually and then suddenly.” Americans who have fallen deep… Read More
PoliticsAnalysis
The debt ceiling fight continues in Washington, more than a week after the U.S. hit its legislated debt limit of $31.4 trillion. “The Treasury Department… Read More
PoliticsNews
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Most Americans oppose raising the federal debt ceiling without accompanying cuts to federal spending, a new RMG Research poll finds…. Read More
Economy Analysis
The $2.2 trillion CARES Act stimulus package and historic unemployment rate during the coronavirus pandemic is placing a strain on our economy. Rachel Greszler, research… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Americans lose when Congress is in the business of picking winners and losers. Just this week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell signed onto a bill,… Read More
News
An island in the Venice lagoon is part of several properties and assets that the Italian government is selling to slash its public debt and… Read More
Economy News
Would you want to live in a country that is losing freedom? How about a country that has lost ground in property rights and become… Read More
EconomyNews
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a letter this week describing how canceling sequestration in 2014 would affect the economy. The CBO dutifully plugged the… Read More
EconomyNews
Last week, the President declared April 2013 National Financial Capability Month in an effort to encourage Americans to budget responsibly. This is a commendable goal…. Read More
EconomyNews
On their respective blogs, economists Mike Konczal and Paul Krugman criticize the widely cited finding that a nation’s debt above 90 percent of its gross… Read More
