Unemployment fell to record lows, but growth never hit the promised levels and the trade deficit worsened. The charts below show ... some early concern the large federal deficits enacted under ...

Worries about government deficits ... federal deficit by the midpoint of his two-term administration. It reached as high as 5.7% of GDP in 1983—enough to prompt concern among investors. In that ...

Economists are bracing for intensifying price pressures and slower growth, posing a challenge for the Federal Reserve.

The federal government's budget deficit has grown by more than $300 billion in the first five months of fiscal year 2025, according to the latest data. The Treasury Department's latest monthly ...

Data: Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget; Chart ... at the end of next year. Trump's pledge to extend them in their entirety would add $5.35 trillion to cumulative deficits, while Harris ...