A unified government under Donald Trump may offer investors reprieve from the bruising battles around the U.S. debt ceiling ...

Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch hired a new appropriations staff director and plans on making operational changes in 2025.

The international trade balance contracted $13.6 billion to -$84.4 billion in September (chart). That is not your usual widening—it marks the largest monthly drop in the deficit in two-and-a ...

The presidential election is upon us, offering ... and the U.S. deficit, are the two major-party candidates really that different? After all, each of the past eight years has meant big deficits ...

The United States ... 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 ...

Trump campaigned on a platform of tax cuts, which economists say would juice the economy, widen budget deficits and increase ...

the fiscal deficit for the US is expected to be higher than that of the emerging markets in the next five years. The growing fiscal pressure, particularly if either political party secures ...

The IMF’s monetary advice has tended to mimic the policies of central banks and might even be a description of what is happening rather than advice. Fiscal policy advice from the IMF has moved in a ...

Economists worry about the road ahead, with little talk of deficit reduction from either party The numbers: The federal budget deficit for fiscal 2024 was $1.8 trillion, up 8% from a year ago ...

Real-time index price for TSX Industrials EW Index (TXIE), along with buy or sell indicators, analysis, charts, historical performance, news and more ...

Monday's rise in yields, created by a broad-based selloff of U.S. government debt, sent the benchmark 10-year rate ... and that the deficit could easily swell if the same party controls the ...