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Forget AI, debt has become the main character on Wall Street as markets just now decided that it’s gotten out of control after years of warnings | Fortune 0
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- August 22, 2026
The enormous mountain of debt hanging over the economy has overshadowed the AI boom as the center of attention on Wall Street. For years—decades even—the spiraling trajectory of U.S. debt fueled dire warnings, which investors consistently brushed off as low borrowing costs helped turbocharge epic stock gains. Meanwhile, the debt pile galloped higher, interest costs
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‘The U.S. is not the only game in town anymore’ — Treasury debt faces more competition from higher-yielding bonds overseas than in recent decades | Fortune 0
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- August 22, 2026
The bond market is one of the few forces in the world strong enough to get politicians to snap to attention. It also helps dictate how much ordinary people have to pay on their mortgages and car loans, as well as how much they earn from their savings accounts and 401(k) plans. This week rising bond yields forced the U.S. Treasury Department into an unusual
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I dropped out of college and now earn $159,000 as an engineer. Lifestyle creep left me $30,000 in debt.0
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- August 22, 2026
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation for our Cost of Living video series with Devonte Duncan, 27, a software engineer living in Brooklyn, New York City. It has been edited for length and clarity. When I started making six figures, I remember my friends and I would go out to eat, and the
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US national debt now stands at $40 trillion 0

WASHINGTON — The national debt surpassed a record $40 trillion on Wednesday, a staggering milestone as defense costs, social programs like Social Security and Medicare and interest on the burgeoning deficit make up an enormous share of federal spending. The milestone figure was recorded just five months after the U.S. hit a record $39 trillion