From September 2023 through August 2024, the federal budget deficit totaled $2.1 trillion based on estimates from the ...

In the first eleven months of fiscal year 2024, the United States borrowed $1.9 trillion, including $381 billion in August, ...

In poll after poll, Americans have indicated the economy is their top concern as they prepare to cast votes this election.

Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican opponent Donald Trump have floated new tax breaks and spending plans, as they try ...

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Explore the alarming rise of US national debt to $35 trillion, the risks of currency devaluation, and why investors are ...

Now that Labor Day has passed and we are in the presidential campaign season, it is time for the candidates to get serious ...

Donald Trump is betting that Americans crave trillions of dollars in tax cuts — and that growth will be so fantastic that ...

And other parts of Harris’s agenda would likely make the problem worse, as they would increase budget ... the federal government running deficits close to $2 trillion a year and growing, and ...

A report submitted to the city's standing policy committee on finance and economic development forecasts a deficit of $19.2 ...

Future revenue also could be affected by consumer spending. Baker said one-third of Florida households face reduced savings and maxed-out credit cards amid waning inflation, and even if the Federal ...

When David Eby took office just two years ago, he inherited an almost $6 billion surplus from his predecessor John Horgan. He ...