Federal Debt Is Now $107,000 Per Household

Federal debt now surpasses more than $13 trillion — or about $107,000 per U.S. household, according to a new report from the Cato Institute. The libertarian think tank’s report, titled “Washington’s Largest Monument: Government Debt,” suggests that mounting national deb...

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