The U.S. government has nearly $36 trillion of debt on issue and its bonds are the bedrock of the global financial system.

The country risks an economic "heart attack" if lawmakers are unable to reel in the national debt, warns one hedge fund ...

Treasury bills — better known as T-bills — are debt securities issued by the United States Treasury with maturities ... they have only a short time to maturity, they have very little ...

The outsized U.S. national debt has ballooned to $36.2 trillion, and a staggering $9.2 trillion of it is set to mature in 2025. This accounts for 25.4% of the country’s total debt, raising concerns ...

Bond investors were thrown off balance on Monday by U.S. President Donald Trump's weekend remarks on investigating Treasury ...

While all U.S. Treasury securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, their risk and return profiles can vary dramatically based on maturity length. Treasury bonds ...

For the Treasury, the increase in the share of T-bills in its domestic debt mix is a negative on its efforts to lengthen the maturity profile of the debt and avoid short-term refinancing risk.

Some of the world’s safest investments come from the United States Treasury ... so it simply refinanced its debt with even more bonds, varying in maturity length from short to medium to ...