Since 2009, the Federal Reserve's shift to a quantity-focused monetary policy under Bernanke has driven stable, ...

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The federal government's budget deficit reached $2 trillion for the current fiscal year as the deficit has widened by nearly $100 billion from last year. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office ...

The United States borrowed $1.8 trillion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 according to the latest Monthly Treasury Statement from the Treasury Department. This deficit is similar to last year’s, despite an ...

Topline: The federal deficit was $1.8 trillion in fiscal year 2025, according to preliminary estimates published by the ...

The U.S. federal budget deficit hit $1.8 trillion in the fiscal year ending on Sept. 30, the Congressional Budget Office ...

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on Wednesday released data showing the federal government ran a $1.8 trillion budget deficit in fiscal year 2025 amid mounting interest costs on the nearly $38 ...

NEW YORK, Sept 16 (Reuters) - While U.S. corporate taxes and interest rates fell over the past 40 years, the federal deficit soared. Does that mean the federal government is now justified in taking a ...

The federal budget deficit totaled $1.97 trillion in the first 11 months of the 2025 fiscal year, which began last October, the Treasury Department reported Thursday in its monthly statement. It was ...

The governor’s office now projects a $267 million deficit for the current fiscal year 2026 budget. Corporate tax cuts enacted at the federal level, combined with tariffs and declining consumer ...

The Trump administration says government spending is slowing in ways that will help shrink the nation's massive deficit, ...