Treasury yields have come down in the past three weeks, but all the work has been done by falling real interest rates (probably signalling lower growth expectations). Most measures of the term premium ...

The federal deficit increased by $196 billion so far this fiscal year, as spending on social safety-net services and defense ...

Yet the Government Accountability Office estimates that the government loses roughly $50 billion to $100 billion a year to ...

Adding 2 percent of G.D.P. to the budget deficit would add a substantial amount to its twin, the trade deficit (broadly ...

Congressional Republicans in both chambers are attempting to make cuts to federal spending while also boosting defense ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit soared to a record $140.5 billion in March as consumers and businesses alike tried to ...

As President Trump’s “one big beautiful bill” slowly takes shape, Republicans are demanding specific bailouts for their home ...

Warren Buffett made his name advising devotees never to bet against the United States. Yet even Uncle Sam’s greatest fan is ...

The agreement is long on rhetoric and short of what truly matters to the US and UK economics. The drama around it reminds one ...

Faced with a nearly $850,000 deficit, Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell announced on Monday an audit of her ...

Grants handed to Kenya to plug the budget deficit are expected to fall by Sh5.7 billion in the new fiscal year starting July 1, on lower disbursements by foreign governments. Total grants expected to ...