If you’ve ever tried to change your weight, whether it’s shedding a few kilos or building some muscle, chances are you’ve come across the terms “calorie surplus” and “calorie deficit.” They sound ...

The United States swung to a $1.45 billion goods trade surplus with Nigeria in the first ten months of 2025, reversing a ...

The U.S. government recorded a surplus in June, bolstered by increased tariff collections, the Treasury Department has reported. The surplus amounted to a little more than $27 billion, a stark ...

Minnesota’s projected budget surplus has grown to nearly $2.5 billion in the current two-year budget cycle, though a projected shortfall of almost $3 billion is expected in the following two years.

In recent speeches and media scrums, President Donald Trump has lauded the federal budget surplus for the month of June, claiming the surplus had not happened in “many, many years” or “decades.” To be ...

There has been progress on the U.S. trade deficit, however.

Japan's trade deficit narrowed to JPY 117.6 billion in July, a significant decrease from the previous year. However, this was not enough to meet market expectations for a surplus. The deficit was ...

Mexico's 2025 exports grew by 7.6% in 2025 to US $664.9 billion, and remained an engine of the economy for the second ...

As President Donald Trump announced a $12 billion farm aid package this week to help U.S. farmers hurt by tariffs, he placed responsibility for the U.S. agricultural trade deficit on former President ...

Pakistan posts $244m current account deficit in December after November surplus, as rising imports outweigh exports.

THERE APPEARS to be a broad consensus across the different sectors of our society that fiscal deficits are to be avoided.