Brazil meets 2024 primary budget target, but critics warn of challenges
Brazil's central government met its 2024 primary budget target, Treasury data released on Thursday showed, defying more ...
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Trump takes a sledgehammer to the government. It's both messy and necessary. | Opinion
President Donald Trump has undone many of Joe Biden's progressive policies, if not the damage they inflicted, in less than two weeks.
Trump and Congress Need to Attack the U.S. National Debt
Rising deficits and interest costs impede economic growth and undermine global trust in the dollar.
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Meeting Fiscal Goals Under CBO’s January 2025 Baseline
Stabilizing debt over the next decade at its current share of the economy would require $9.0 trillion of deficit reduction relative to the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) ...
Democrats flip the script, eyeing debt limit to block Trump’s agenda
Republicans have leveraged the debt ceiling for years to block Democrats’ agenda. Now liberals see an opening to stymy Trump.
Bill Gates says Elon Musk's DOGE could be 'valuable' and that the federal deficit needed to be 'brought down'
Bill Gates said the federal deficit "needs to be brought down" when asked about DOGE during a recent interview.