…the wealth of a nation depends its trade. In looking for our engine of growth, we have to look at elements that may help us. Unfortunately, our trade deficit, despite…

…75 years, as the 75-year deficit in Social Security Or as Brad says: Anyone who claims to be a “deficit hawk” who favors extending Bush’s tax cuts is not a…

…The U.S. current account deficit widened by 21.3% to a record $224.9 billion in the fourth quarter, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. The deficit amounted to 7.0% of the nation’s…

…unemployment sensitive programs (such as unemployment compensation and food stamps) are higher; the deficit is larger (or the surplus is smaller) than would be the case if the unemployment rate…

…banker. Kash UPDATE: On further questioning about the budget deficit, Bernanke followed up on my above-expressed desire that he refrain from suggesting how to cut the deficit, and specifically said…

…the huge numbers in the defense budget, entitlements, and the deficit; and 2) pointing out that while the Bush budget does show a halving of the deficit as a percent…

…the Council of Economic Advisors, Martin Feldstein called for a weaker dollar to reduce the U.S. deficit in the current account … Nearly twenty years later, with the Dow Jones…

PGL notes that the right-wing talking-point regarding the federal budget deficit – that the deficit is purely the result of out-of-control government spending, and that the deficit can be fixed…

…seems to be that we don’t have to worry about the consequences of the deficit: Yes, the budget deficit will rise for a year or two, from roughly 2.5 percent…

A few conservatives are rightfully concerned that the massive General Fund deficit, which is still above $500 billion a year, is too high and are turning on the Bush Administration….