WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. budget deficit jumped nearly four-fold to $257 billion in October, a figure inflated by one-off factors, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday in a ...

The U.S. government had a monthly budget deficit of $257 billion in October, as spending on health programs ramped up and collection of corporate taxes fell. The figures released Wednesday follow the ...

The deficit is an annual measure, while a pile of debt, as mentioned, has always been with the U.S. The debt line has gotten steeper and steeper. This chart shows how the past 23 deficits (the ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. budget deficit grew to $1.833 trillion for fiscal 2024, the highest outside of the COVID era, as interest on the federal debt exceeded $1 trillion for the ...

Less than 24 hours after Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States, social media users began pushing ...

The United States on Friday reported a budget deficit of $1.8 trillion for the past year, widening from 2023's level on greater spending, including for interest on the public debt. The overall ...

The US trade deficit expanded in September to its widest since early 2022, government data showed Tuesday, as imports increased while companies braced for a dockworkers strike and sweeping tariffs ...

The United States trade deficit contracted by the most in nearly 14 years in November as slowing domestic demand amid higher borrowing costs depressed imports. The trade deficit decreased 21.0% to ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. trade deficit widened sharply in September as businesses boosted imports to meet robust domestic demand and in anticipation of higher tariffs on goods. The trade ...