…House has summoned reporters well ahead of the official budget release to project a higher-than-anticipated deficit. In the past two years, when final deficit figures have come in at record…

…this deficit is, of course, due to trade with China. China alone accounts for $166bn of the $645bn deficit that the US has run so far this year. But the…

Is the Current Account Deficit Bad? A commenter over the weekend posed this important question, so I thought I’d take a stab at answering it. The Current Account (CA) deficit…

Trump on Our Trade Surplus/Deficit With Canada Menzie Chinn listens to the latest from Donald Trump so we don’t have to: And by the way, Canada? They negotiate tougher than…

April Trade Deficit Decreased 8.2% on Lower Imports of Consumer Goods and Automotives, Commenter and blogger RJS Our trade deficit was 8.2% lower in April, as our exports increased and…

…1998, with an unannounced goal of a zero deficit by 2000. Martin began cutting costs significantly in 1994, chopping 10 percent from department budgets and converting a deficit equal to…

…deficit. You see, if you borrow money and you have to pay it back, that “increases your deficit.” I hope… without hope… that what is wrong with this is obvious…

…he argues with Bruce Webb that the small cash deficit this year will keep on growing, but he doesn’t really say so. The deficit might keep growing or it might…

…as virtually all the retailer’s cheap goods are imports from Asia. The trade deficit A quick look at where the US’s trade deficit is concentrated reveals just how grim the…

Aaargh! Snow: Spending cuts to reduce deficit WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House aims to shrink the U.S. budget deficit through spending restraint and strong government revenues but will oppose…