by Dale Coberly KOTLICOFF ON THE HILL with Social Security Larry Kotlikoff wrote an editorial that appeared May 14 in “The Hill:”  “Social Security Just Ran a $9 Trillion Deficit…

…a pattern of republicans presidents leaving office with a much larger deficit than they inherited while democratic presidents reduce the deficit.. With US savings rates so low this forces the…

In the second quarter, the federal deficit leaped from under 5% of GDP last year to near 15% now. This is new record compared to the prior record of almost…

…the 2020 U.S. budget balance will show a deficit equal to 15.3% of its GDP, while China’s deficit is estimated at 5.6% of GDP. Part of the U.S. fiscal deficit…

…is whether we should be concerned about the budget deficit. I think that the case for fiscal stimulus is medium strong and the case for higher Federal Debt is very…

MarketWatch 666: Commenter and Blogger RJS; October’s jobs report; September’s trade deficit, construction spending, and factory inventories, et al Major economic reports that were released the past week included the Employment…

…of proposing measures that would raise the deficit, which is already rising again. The Congressional Budget Office today projected a much higher deficit for 2023 than it did in May…

…in line with growth in the overall economy. Imports Rise at a 7.2 Percent Rate, Pushing Trade Deficit Higher The rise in the trade deficit in the first quarter was…

…fiscal deficits narrowed in many advanced economies, albeit moderately. In the United States, however, deficits started to rise in 2016 as some of the fiscal adjustment measures legislated to curb…

…a manufacturing nation again” even if they succeeded in greatly reducing trade deficits. They won’t, which makes it something of a moot point, but people should understand both that we…