debt
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Cohen ended the 20-minute preview by saying that he’s putting the past behind him and that the $40 trillion national debt is a huge problem.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
Washington has seen no shortage of commissions, ideas and efforts to address the debt or save money.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
—Gold prices rose above $4,600 a troy ounce and are headed for a weekly gain of 4%, buoyed by concerns over the U.S. government debt and borrowing costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The ONS also said Britain's overall debt pile is approaching £3tn, having grown by £127.2bn a year earlier.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Because we’re taking him out of his high interest rate credit card debt and putting him into lower interest rate mortgage debt.’
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
And that’s money the billionaire can apply to pay down the debts of two troubled Delaware life insurers he owns that are under federal scrutiny.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
And BDC peer New Mountain Finance Corp. sold $477 million in assets, which the firm said would reduce its payment-in-kind holdings, or debts that aren’t delivering cash interest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Unless they cosigned those debts, her children are not personally liable for those debts.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
A former RAF medic can pay off his mortgage and clear his debts after winning £300,000 in a competition he entered for £4.28.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
He needed to rid himself of debts that had piled up during wartime.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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