By comparison, the national debt hovered around $907 billion just four decades ago. The U.S. topping $36 trillion in total debt comes ... forward plans to get us on a more sustainable fiscal ...

and total U.S. debt is now more than 120% of GDP, according to the Office of Management & Budget. That is the highest level since World War II. In the 1970s and 1980s, the debt/GDP ratio ...

China's real GDP growth has been ... particularly the US dollar-denominated debt, because the domestic central bank isn't in control. This chart shows the total stock of emerging market bonds ...