Deficit

The overwhelming evidence shows that tax cuts do not increase economic growth.

A trade deficit is when a country imports more than it exports.

Most federal departments would be hit while Medicaid and the food stamp programs would lose almost a trillion dollars.

Trump is committed to the idea that tax cuts for the rich and corporations are the key to prosperity.

Nothing he has said so far indicates he will attempt serious entitlement reform or debt reduction.

Cutting IRS funding will increase the deficit and let more rich people dodge tax.

It must be exhausting for Republicans to have to remember so many alternative facts.

Abandoning Senate rules may be the only way to give the rich another massive tax break.

With a $125.2 million payment to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moscow will clear its estimated Soviet-era debt.

A tariff wall removes pressure on states to make businesses more competitive.

Imports have increased 40 percent over the same time period.

Trump doesn't understand the first thing about trade negotiations

An exploding U.S. deficit and the devaluation of the renminbi make a trade war with China all but inevitable.

It would be a windfall for Wall Street, with little increase in public investment.

Growth forecasts have been revised down as a result of the June 23 vote.

The boost risks a large budget deficit and increasing the government's debt burden.

The intimation by Bank of England Governor Mark Carney that he would cut interest rates and ease monetary policy was highly unhelpful.

The country's next government will need to show it is serious about fiscal policy.

He told a rally in Indiana Sunday that China is responsible for "the greatest theft in the history of the world."

We must raise the debt ceiling, end the sequester and spend more on education and infrastructure.

Forecasters say the increase would be smaller if economic growth effects are considered.

If lawmakers were serious about deficit reduction, they would adequately fund enforcement against scofflaws.

According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, there are now major differences between the two parties spending plans

There is wide public support for making the likes of Amazon and Facebook pay their tax