America’s national debt has officially crossed $39 trillion, with more than $1 trillion added in roughly 200 days as economists warn borrowing is outpacing economic growth.

According to Treasury data, updated retrospectively for May 18, the debt landed at $39,008,999,901,378.68.

US debt now exceeds the economy, and rising interest costs are adding pressure, raising questions about how sustainable our ...

Federal debt held by the public now surpasses the total value of the nation's economic output. Here's why experts say that's ...

The US national debt passed another grim milestone Thursday when the latest data showed that government debt held by the public has surpassed America's total annual economic output.

Long-term Treasury yields hit their highest level since the global financial crisis in 2007 on Tuesday, highlighting broader investor concerns about inflation and fiscal policy in the U.S., as some ...

The milestone marks a symbolic and economic threshold, with federal debt now roughly twice its historical average relative to the size of the economy. Outside of a brief distortion early in the ...

The U.S. national debt has now surpassed the size of the U.S. economy, a historic threshold that hasn't been crossed since the conclusion of World War II. Data released by the Bureau of Economic ...

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The U.S. national debt crossed 100 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) at the end of March, with signs that it might cross the record of 106 percent of GDP reached immediately after World War II.