The United States federal budget deficit totaled $1 trillion in the first five months of fiscal year 2026, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The latest federal deficit estimate is $142 ...

President Donald Trump has repeatedly pledged to slash the national deficit and curb debt during his second term, but a sobering assessment of the nation’s financial health by one of the federal ...

WASHINGTON -- The United States' deficit for the current fiscal year is increasing at a lower rate compared to the prior year, with the federal government ending January with a nearly $697 billion gap ...

I have always thought the argument that attributed the widening trade deficit to the absence of growth abroad was a bit deceptive, for the simple reason that in aggregate, growth abroad has been quite ...

The city of Vacaville finished the 2024-2025 fiscal year with a $1.7 million General Fund deficit, $5 million less of a deficit than projected at the beginning of the fiscal year. City staff provided ...

Israel’s fiscal deficit narrowed to 4.7% of GDP in the 12 months to the end of February 2026 or NIS 101 billion, down from ...

The fiscal deficit as a percentage of GDP for three financial years till 2024-25 has been revised upwards following the revision in base year for calculation of GDP, the government informed Parliament ...