Zooming out and looking over the history of the budget back to 2016 shows a more complete picture. The change since Covid is ...

The federal government recorded one of the largest budget deficits in U.S. history this year when fiscal year 2025 concluded. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected to record a ...

It's no secret that Uncle Sam has been living beyond his means. During the past 25 years, U.S. national debt as a percentage ...

Worries about government deficits are making one of their periodic tours of Wall Street. Investors say the prospect of bigger budget imbalances in the second Trump administration are a factor behind ...

The October trade deficit came in at -$29.3B, the smallest since the 2009 Great Financial Crisis. The TTM Net Trade Deficit ...

WASHINGTON President Bush has the dubious distinction of presiding over a larger buildup in trade deficits than the country recorded in its first 220 years. For the third straight year, the nation's ...

During the Sept. 10, 2024, televised debate between U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, the rivals in the upcoming November presidential election, Harris claimed Trump ...