Sovereign debt
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing to examine the FY 2022 budget request for the Treasury Department, Wednesday, June 23, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
Yellen: Failure to raise debt limit would be 'catastrophic'

By Martin Crutsinger Jun. 23, 2021 04:28 PM EDT

President Joe Biden tours the Cuyahoga Community College Manufacturing Technology Center, Thursday, May 27, 2021, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden's $6T budget: Social spending, taxes on business

By Andrew Taylor May. 29, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Cuyahoga Community College Metropolitan Campus, Thursday, May 27, 2021, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden's $6T budget: Social spending, taxes on business

By Andrew Taylor May. 28, 2021 02:51 PM EDT

FILE- This June 6, 2019, file photo shows the U.S. Treasury Department building at dusk in Washington. The Treasury Department says it will employ extraordinary measures to avoid an unprecedented default on the national debt this summer, but officials say those measures could be exhausted “much more quickly” than normal given the unusual circumstances of the global pandemic. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Treasury warns of need to deal with national debt limit

By Martin Crutsinger May. 05, 2021 09:05 AM EDT

Two women sit on life-guard post, in Alimos beach, a seaside suburb of Athens, on Friday April 23, 2021. Easter holidays are often celebrated with relatives outside Athens and other cities, but the government has said COVID-19 infection levels remain too high to allow free travel.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Greece closer to investment grade with ratings upgrade

By Derek Gatopoulos Apr. 23, 2021 06:00 PM EDT

A woman wearing a hat and a protective face mask walk in central Athens, on Monday, April 5, 2021. Retail stores across most of Greece have been allowed to reopen despite an ongoing surge in COVID-19 infections, as the country battled to emerge from deep recession.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Stores in Greece open amid virus surge to help save economy

By Derek Gatopoulos And Costas Kantouris Apr. 05, 2021 06:05 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 30, 2017, file photo, the SGR cargo train rides from the port containers depot on a Chinese-backed railway costing nearly $3.3 billion, opened by Kenya's president as one of the country's largest infrastructure project since independence, in Mombasa, Kenya. China's loans to poor countries in Africa and Asia impose unusual secrecy and repayment terms that are hurting their ability to renegotiate debts after the coronavirus pandemic, a group of U.S. and German researchers said in a report Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi, File)
Biden announces huge infrastructure plan to 'win the future'

By Jonathan Lemire, Kevin Freking And Zeke Miller Mar. 31, 2021 05:21 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 1996, file photo President Clinton talks in the Rose Garden of the White House prior to signing legislation overhauling America's welfare system. (AP Photo/J.Scott Applewhite, File)
Path from Clinton to Biden takes U-turn on debt, trade, more

By Josh Boak Mar. 28, 2021 07:46 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Louisiana

By The Associated Press Mar. 24, 2021 03:40 PM EDT
Recent editorials from Louisiana newspapers: ___ March 24 The Advocate on the national debt and the...

Editorial Roundup: Alabama

By The Associated Press Mar. 24, 2021 07:27 AM EDT
Recent editorials from Alabama newspapers: ___ March 21 The Decatur Daily on U.S. Sen Richard...

Idaho governor outlines plan for coronavirus relief money

By Keith Ridler Mar. 18, 2021 06:32 PM EDT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little said Thursday that the state will be deliberative in spending about $2.2 billion it is receiving in the latest round...

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2019, file photo former Fed Chair Janet Yellen speaks with FOX Business Network guest anchor Jon Hilsenrath in the Fox Washington bureau in Washington. The Treasury Department reported Wednesday, March 10, 2021, that the October through February deficit was 68% larger than the $624.5 billion deficit recorded during the same period last year. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
US budget deficit hits record $1.05 trillion after 5 months

By Martin Crutsinger Mar. 10, 2021 02:18 PM EST

President Joe Biden takes his face mask off before speaking during an event to mark International Women's Day, Monday, March 8, 2021, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
$1.9T Biden relief package a bet government can help cure US

By Josh Boak And Lisa Mascaro Mar. 09, 2021 12:11 AM EST

President Joe Biden leaves with Vice President Kamala Harris and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin after speaking during an event to mark International Women's Day, Monday, March 8, 2021, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Biden's big relief package a bet gov't can help cure America

By Josh Boak And Lisa Mascaro Mar. 08, 2021 05:53 PM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 1978, file photo, President Jimmy Carter listens to Sen. Joseph R. Biden, D-Del., as they wait to speak at fund raising reception at Padua Academy in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma, File)
At 78 and the oldest president, Biden sees a world changed

By Bill Barrow Jan. 23, 2021 07:55 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press Jan. 20, 2021 05:45 PM EST
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from New York’s newspapers: Biden’s Stimulus Plan Will Bring Relief, but There’s One...

President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden arrive for a COVID-19 memorial event at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden charts new US direction, promises many Trump reversals

By Bill Barrow Jan. 20, 2021 12:16 AM EST

The Parthenon temple is illuminated atop of the Acropolis hill as a ferry approaches the port of Piraeus as another one departs in Athens, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Barely out of crisis, Greek economy hammered by new lockdown

By Derek Gatopoulos Nov. 20, 2020 11:20 AM EST

FILE — In this Feb. 6, 2020 file photo, a man tries on a face mask at a pharmacy in Kitwe, Zambia. Zambia faces a Friday, Nov. 13 deadline to clear debt owed to external investors who have rejected the country's request for deferral of an overdue $42.5 million interest payment amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Emmanuel Mwiche, file)
Zambia says it will default on debt owed private investors

By Noel Sichalwe And Rodney Muhumuza Nov. 13, 2020 08:30 AM EST

Policy positions of President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden on foreign policy issues. (AP Graphic)
Biden looks to restore, expand Obama administration policies

By The Associated Press Nov. 07, 2020 02:08 PM EST