Leon Le Leu wonders if anyone told Donald Trump that Norfolk Island was a part of Australia before he hit it with a 29 per ...

Americans like to believe that the US is a wealthy, indestructible country, but as government debt piles up and inflation ...

I have been repeatedly asked a question of magnitude throughout my 27-year career. Although phrasing may be different, it ...

THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT’S (NG) debt service bill plunged in January as amortization on domestic debt declined, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said. Latest data from the BTr showed that the NG’s debt ...

The national debt stock remained broadly stable at $47,640.5 million in January 2025, a 0.1 percent decline from the previous ...

The national debt is very much like the weather. Everyone complains about it, but no one does much to fix it. In 2009, when ...

The debt ceiling does nothing to control spending—and puts the U.S. economy at risk. Congress should eliminate this outdated ...

Government during the just-concluded Budget Debate focuses on debt reduction that “prioritises Jamaica”. She brushed aside as a “hodge-podge” of ideas”, the contributions from Opposition ...

Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana reminded everyone during his budget speech in March: South Africa is spending more than 22c of every rand raised in taxes just to pay interest on government ...

THE first budget speech of Ghana’s new government on March 11th painted a picture of an economy in crisis, facing high debt and fiscal mismanagement. The finance minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, ...

has defended the government’s approach to tackling Ghana’s economic challenges, insisting that the country’s current struggles result from massive inherited debt. However, he maintains that ...