The Treasury Department posted its latest revenue and spending totals this week, and deficits continue to mount at impressive ...

The U.S. budget deficit jumped nearly four-fold to $257 billion in October, a figure inflated by one-off factors, the ...

When you ask a politician, regardless of political party, why they do not campaign for policies to reduce the national debt, ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will retake the White House with ambitious plans for broad import tariffs, immigration ...

Many economists warn that Trump’s plans are likely to worsen the inflation he’s vowed to eradicate, drive up the federal debt ...

When the bubble burst in 1991, Japan entered a period of stagnation now known as the “Lost Decade,” marked by deflation, ...