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US July deficit hits pass US$400 billion, topping every July on record

Ten months of red ink already exceed last year's full deficit as Medicare and tariff refunds bite

The Deficit Spending Problem With A Non-Political Fix

The national deficit debate usually focuses on entitlement and defense spending. While they have merit, they miss the single largest driver of America’s deteriorating fiscal pictur...

Of Debt and Deficits and the Dollar System

By force of preset agendas, conservatives and liberals react to debt headlines like Pavlov's dogs.

Federal deficit shrinks while provincial red ink piles up

Provincial deficits are widening even as Ottawa's numbers improve — and the gap has real implications for bond investors

Comment on Imagine if the British government wrote off its holdings of its own debt by Peter Martin

@Philip, <em> "In what way is G > T a ‘deficit’?" </em> Bill uses the term extensively. See for example: https://billmitchell.org/blog/?p=332 So I agree wi...

Estimated FY2026 Budget Deficit

From CBO. Source: CBO. Notes: Solid light purple is FY2024, solid dark purple is FY2025, dashed black is FY2026 estimate for cumulative deficit. As of 2026Q2, we’re nearly a percen...

$40 Trillion Debt Threatens the Whole Economy

Nobody likes federal deficits or debt. Poll after poll after poll finds voters want to reduce both.

Russia's budget deficit at $67.56 bln, 2.5% of GDP in January-August

Federal budget expenditures totaled $370.18 bln in January-August 2026

Schools face £4.3m deficit as budgets come under growing pressure

School budgets across Caerphilly County Borough are being squeezed by maintenance costs, rising demand for (ALN) provision and falling pupil numbers.

Gov't budget deficit widens to P264.3B in June

MANILA, Philippines — The Marcos administration’s budget deficit widened by 9.4 percent to P264.3 billion in June as government spending outpaced revenue collections, according to...

Trade Deficit Upside Surprise by $18bn

Goods trade deficit larger than before the election. So much for tariffs reducing goods imports relative to pre tariff. Figure 1: Goods trade balance, BoP basis (black), Census bas...

Unexpected spike in borrowing delivers further blow to Burnham as deficit topped £1.8bn last month

Pressure on the public finances deepened last month as higher spending contributed to an unexpected increase in the deficit.

Gold’s fiscal-policy message stays clear as deficits worsen

Nebraska’s projected budget deficit grows to $223 million based on June tax receipts

LINCOLN — Nebraska’s projected budget deficit continues to grow after the fourth consecutive month of state tax receipts falling below economic forecasts. The state Department of R...

C/A slips into $649m deficit

FDI drops 34% to $1.6b as goods imports widen trade gap

Nordonia projects $4.5M shortfall in 2031, but near-term outlook improved

Nordonia Hills now projects its first annual operating deficit in fiscal 2030 instead of 2029, after lower spending estimates improved the near-term outlook by nearly $3.2 million.

Trade deficit hits decade-high $39.4b

Exports decline 6.8% to $30.1b as imports surge 17.6%, exposing structural weakness

Global Bond Yields Fret Inflation & Deficits

For those worried about the impact of deficits and inflation on US bond yields, it's worth taking a trip around the world to get a better picture. Global bond yields for many of th...

India’s fiscal deficit reaches 26.8% of FY27 target by July

The fiscal gap was lower than the ₹4.7 lakh crore recorded during the corresponding period last year, government data showed.

Brattleboro hospital projects more deficit spending as it reveals ‘significant deficiencies’

Borrowing Costs Are Soaring

NBC News: “A record national debt. A rapidly ballooning deficit. Interest payments on track to surpass Medicare as the government’s greatest expense. None of it seems to matter muc...

Ron Johnson Is Unhappy With The Deficit He Helped Create

When the news broke that the national deficit hit the $40 trillion mark, Sen Ron Johnson went on Xitter to condemn it, saying that we are "mortgaging our children's future" and cal...

U.S. posts record July budget deficit of $432 billion

With two months left in the fiscal year, the deficit so far for fiscal 2026 totals $1.8 trillion, Treasury Department data showed Aug. 12.

Bourdeaux: Federal debt steals from young

Washington, D.C., no longer borrows only during wars, recessions or national emergencies. The federal government now runs huge structural deficits every year. Congress spends far m...