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The annual U.S. deficit with Mexico would be the United States’ largest for the first time were it not for the surge of U.S.

The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly narrowed in September, touching the lowest level in more than five years, as exports accelerated and imports rose marginally, suggesting that trade likely provided ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. James Broughel is an economist focused on the economics of regulation. A debate over US trade deficits has been raging online, ...

Roughly a third of the revenue boom resulted from Trump’s unprecedented, near-universal tariffs on imports. Yet more than half of the revenue increase came from rising wages and realized capital gains ...

President Donald Trump has made reducing U.S. trade deficits, which have expanded significantly in recent decades, a priority of his administration. He and his advisors argue that renegotiating trade ...

A deficit is a financial imbalance that happens when debt, expenses or liabilities are greater than revenue, income or assets. The term can also refer to a trade imbalance in which a country imports ...

Natural gas futures edge higher as EIA report shows 166 Bcf withdrawal, flipping inventories to deficit. Chart analysis ...

Thailand posted a higher-than-expected trade deficit for a second month as a jump in imports outpaced sluggish export growth, ...

During President Biden’s first two years in office, the federal deficit shrank by $1.7 trillion dollars. It's a point he has bragged about repeatedly in recent months, and attributed to his policies ...

A budget deficit occurs when you spend more than you take in. This is not necessarily a fatal blow to a company and running a budget deficit may actually be a tactical maneuver that benefits a ...