WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a week that stretched from bond markets to battlefields and from cyber back alleys to university tax credits, the U.S. Department of the Treasury moved to assert American ...

Moody's had been a holdout in keeping U.S. sovereign debt at the highest credit rating possible, and brings the 116-year-old agency into line with its rivals. The decision to lower the United States ...

When the penny is eventually phased out completely, it will potentially lead to businesses and consumers not having enough pennies to make transactions involving cash. "Cash transactions will now be ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s multibillion-dollar bailout of a serial defaulter raises the specter of losses for the United States. By Alan Rappeport and Colby Smith Reporting from Washington As ...