In Ray Dalio's forthcoming book "How Countries Go Broke" he argues that the United States' budget deficit should be cut.

High energy prices, a weak labour force and low productivity growth are behind the ailing German economy – and voters are feeling the pinch.

(Bloomberg) — Russia’s state expenditures surged in January, pushing the month’s budget deficit ... year to reach 4.4 trillion rubles ($45.8 billion), according to Finance Ministry data published on ...

They are questions that investors, policy makers, and most everyone must answer because the answers will have huge effects on all our well-being in the years ... the deficit (i.e., spending ...

It’s vital for Congress to pair pro-growth tax cuts with pro-growth spending reforms. The federal budget itself needs a ...

The Centre cut its fiscal deficit aim to 4.4% of GDP for ... in expenditure as a share of GDP, with capital spending also taking a backseat this year. Capital expenditure, which emerged as a ...

The charts below are based on information from the Congressional Budget Office, which does nonpartisan analysis for Congress.

Feb 13 (Reuters) - Britain entered a rare deficit in its goods trade with the United States at the end of last year, according to ... the U.S. since 2011. The chart shows the UK recorded a small ...

Trump's tariffs are used as negotiation tools with uncertain long-term effects on inflation and the US dollar's strength.

A strong dollar helped drive an uptick in U.S. imports last year, while export growth remained modest. Annual U.S. trade deficits in goods ... as well as foreign spending on travel in the ...

I recently debated with Michael Pento, who made an interesting statement that increases in the money supply, the deficit ... been the case. The chart below shows the 5-year annual % change ...