Rating agency officials declined to rate competing political plans to allow the United States to borrow more and cut deficits during a congressional hearing Wednesday.

Investors in the bond market are quickly losing patience with what is seen as an epic failure of leadership in Washington over the nation’s finances.

With savings rates hovering around record lows for the past two years, keeping your money parked in cash has become a losing proposition. After all, savings accounts now average just 0.17%; money-market funds, 0.01%; and even one-year CDs pay only 0.44% — in a year you’ll earn barely 50¢ for every $100 you invest. And [...]

The fight over raising the federal government’s debt ceiling could end up making it more expensive for businesses to borrow money.

The two calamity-avoiding debt ceiling measures under consideration in Congress have something in common.

The House’s second take on a bill to resolve the debt ceiling crisis would meet a key GOP pledge. But that doesn’t mean it’s going far.

The fight over raising the federal government’s debt ceiling could end up making it more expensive for businesses to borrow money.

The two calamity-avoiding debt ceiling measures under consideration in Congress have something in common.

The House’s second take on a bill to resolve the debt ceiling crisis would meet a key GOP pledge. But that doesn’t mean it’s going far.

With all the Washington dysfunction over the debt ceiling, it’s easy to forget the reality of the debt problems everyone says they want to fix.