The charts below are based on information from the Congressional Budget Office, which does nonpartisan analysis for Congress.

In Ray Dalio's forthcoming book "How Countries Go Broke" he argues that the United States' budget deficit should be cut.

The federal government posted a $129 billion budget deficit for January, up sharply from an unusually low $22 billion deficit ...

Compare that with the same period last year under Joe Biden: federal spending back then came to about $26bn a day. Outflows ...

The 12-month rolling deficit – or the amount the federal government has borrowed over the past year – totaled $2.1 trillion, based on estimates from ...

Discover the impact of high debts and interest rates on the global financial system, driving up gold prices and potential ...

Over the past 60 years ... the federal fiscal year ends on September 30, during the new president’s first year in office. Although the terms are often used interchangeably, debt and deficit ...

It’s vital for Congress to pair pro-growth tax cuts with pro-growth spending reforms. The federal budget itself needs a ...

NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman pegged the fiscal deficit target for 2025-26 ... a less ambitious aim for the next fiscal year. This may pose a challenge for the economy ...

New Delhi: India’s fiscal deficit for the first nine months of this fiscal year through December stood at 9.14 lakh crore rupees, or 56.7 per cent of annual estimates. However, the fiscal ...

India’s fiscal deficit for the first nine months of the current fiscal year stood at Rs 9.14 lakh crore. (Image/Bloomberg) India’s fiscal deficit for the first nine months of the current ...

OTTAWA - The Finance Department says the federal deficit was $22.7 billion between April and November. That compares with a $19.1 billion deficit over the same period last year.