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Unfunded Govt. Liabilities -- Our Ticking Time Bomb | RealClearPolitics
Tick, tick, tick goes the time bomb of national doom. Every second the ticking grows louder, but you won’t hear the muffled sound...
GE slashes dividend to a penny to fix debt-riddled balance sheet
General Electric is under such financial stress that new CEO Larry Culp is slashing the troubled conglomerate's 119-year-old ...
The federal government is about to hit its credit limit
On Saturday, the federal borrowing limit set by Congress kicks back in, freezing US debt at its current level -- a shade over $22...
Should You Pay Debt Before Saving? | Bankrate.com
The decision is trickier than you might think. Make the right choice with these tips.
'Massive' debt fuelling next crisis, says Druckenmiller
Billionaire investor Stan Druckenmiller says the next financial crisis will be worse than the last due to soaring levels of debt....
Home equity has come 'roaring back' from the recession — and owners are poised to tap it
With home equity at an all-time high, homeowners could start turning more often to this source of lower-cost debt.
Paul Tudor Jones says we're in a global debt bubble and headed for some 'scary moments'
"From a 50,000-feet viewpoint, we're probably in a global debt bubble," Paul Tudor Jones said at the Greenwich Econ...
Debt-laden US government is expanding the size of Treasury bond auctions to fund itself
The Treasury Department says it needs to sell an additional $30 billion worth of bonds than it originally had planned and is addi...
Gundlach's warning on 'ocean of debt' adds to worries over corporate bonds
Jeffrey Gundlach, founder of DoubleLine Capital, said in a warning published over the weekend that the corporate debt load is abo...
The United States is doomed but not for the reason you think: The 1 biggest problem that could collapse the country
The corruption of the college tuition system has ruined the United States. Since 1965, tuition prices have gone up higher than in...
US retailer Sears files for bankruptcy
The American retail giant has been struggling with huge debts and a shift to shopping online.
U.S. government bonds extend yield surge as Powell warns U.S. economy is ‘long way from neutral’
Treasurys extend a selloff early Thursday, driving yields to multiyear highs, after remarks late Wednesday by Federal Reserve Cha...
Bitcoin Could Hit $10 Million, Become New Gold Standard: Asset Manager
A new report from asset manager Lucid details how the bitcoin price could soar as high as $10 million -- and save the world from ...
US Treasury Yields Hit Seven Year High; Rising Interest Rates Could Be Bad News in Debt-Ridden Economy - Peter Schiff's Gold News
Interest rates are climbing quickly. The yield on the 10-year US Treasury hit the highest level since 2011 in the midst of a mass...
Italy just took a step closer to a major clash with the rest of Europe over its budget crisis
The budget proposes increasing both Italy's overall government debt and its deficit in the short run, pushing the deficit as ...