…noted that gross Federal debt was $6760 billion as of 9/30/2003, which means debt rose by $618 billion. It is true that the Economic Report of the President 2004 had…

Consumer Debt I just took a look at last week’s release of the Fed’s Flow of Funds Report for 2003. It shows debt levels, especially among consumers, that have increased…

…Debt Reduces Lifetime Wealth,” Demos, An Equal Say and An Equal Chance for All, August 1, 2013, “At What Cost? How Student Debt Reduces Lifetime Wealth” Student Loan Justice Org…

…rules that govern debt collection for the first time in nearly 40 years. Under proposed regulations, debt collection companies will have to provide fuller documentation of the debt they are…

…Outstanding Debt What I like about this equation is its focus on future spending and revenue not historical decisions which can be summarized as the current level of debt in…

…Greatest “Crisis of My Generation is Now a Dystopian Show.” The crisis? Student Loan debt, the penalties associated with it, and the inability to declared bankruptcy are the greatest crises…

Eliminate The Debt Ceiling Several days ago in WaPo, Catherine Rampell published a highly reasonable column calling for eliminating the century-old US debt ceiling, something no other nation has ever…

…in a congressional move that had the devastating impact of tripling such debt over a decade and locking in millions of Americans to years of grueling repayments. The Republican-led bill…

…keeps on giving, if paid. So who is holding the bulk of this debt? Another chart used by Alan Collinge breaks Student Loan Debt by Age bracket. Roughly two thirds…

…guess is that a Republican Party tough enough to put McCarthy through the wringer won’t lift the debt limit unless each additional dollar by which the debt limit is lifted…