Interest

Congress’ concurrent budget resolution includes reconciliation instructions to allow lawmakers to pass a bill that adds a net $5.8 trillion to primary...

The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) latest budget and economic outlook includes a troubling projection for net interest payments on the debt...

A recent press report indicated that House leadership may be considering a budget resolution that would allow up to $5.5 trillion of net primary...

The recent release of the final Monthly Treasury Statement from the Treasury Department shows that net interest costs totaled $882 billion in Fiscal...

With last week’s rate decision, the Federal Reserve has now cut the federal funds rate by 75 basis points over the past eight weeks. Over that same...

In the first seven months of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, spending on net interest has reached $514 billion, surpassing spending on both national defense (...

Interest rates are once again on the rise across nearly every maturity. The ten-year Treasury note closed at 4.7 percent on Tuesday, up from 4.1...

During a recent town hall, former United Nations Ambassador and current Presidential candidate Nikki Haley claimed, “for the first time we're paying...

Budget deficits are projected to grow from $1.7 trillion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 to $2.6 trillion by 2034 according to the Congressional Budget...

Interest on the debt is the fastest growing part of the budget. Net interest payments will exceed both defense and Medicare spending this year, in...

According to final data from the Treasury Department, net interest costs reached $659 billion (2.5 percent of GDP) in fiscal year 2023, a $184 billion...

Interest rates continue to surge, hitting new post-financial crisis records. Over the past month, yields on the ten-year Treasury note have risen more...