The current portion of long-term debt (CPLTD) refers to the portion of long-term debt that must be paid within the next year.

Short-term debt is a financial obligation that is expected to be paid off within a year. Such obligations are also called ...

America's debt problem is no longer an abstract worry about future generations. With the national balance now around $38 trillion and interest costs surging, the warning from JPMorgan that the country ...

The government hit the debt ceiling back in January which blocked any net new debt from being created from January to June. Read more here.

With the enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill pushing America's debt-to-GDP ratio further into dangerous territory, a sudden political pivot towards fiscal discipline seems unlikely. Policy-makers ...