The Budget, the National Debt, and the Challenge of Reining It All In

05/21/2025

Congress will vote this week on a spending bill that’s expected to significantly increase the national debt only days after Moody’s Ratings announced it had lowered the sovereign debt rating of the United States to Aa1, citing failure by lawmakers “to reverse the trend of large annual fiscal deficits and growing interest costs.”

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