The US budget deficit shrank to $1.67 trillion for the 2025 calendar year, the smallest in three years, thanks mainly to a record surge in customs revenue.

The US trade deficit ballooned to $56.8 billion in November 2025, crushing economists’ forecasts of $43.4 billion and nearly ...

By David Lawder WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. government posted a $145 billion budget deficit for December, up 67% or $58 billion from a year earlier due to record outlays that were inflated ...

The U.S. federal government spent $145.0B more than it earned in December, compared with the -$144.5B consensus and -$173.0B in the earlier month, the Treasury Department said on Tuesday. That brings ...

Zooming out and looking over the history of the budget back to 2016 shows a more complete picture. The change since Covid is ...

(Reuters) -The U.S. government posted a higher $284 billion deficit for October in a report delayed and impacted by the recent federal government shutdown and reflecting record tariff revenues offset ...

The US posted a budget deficit of $278 billion in November after calendar adjustments, slightly smaller than in the same month a year earlier. The adjusted gap narrowed by $16 billion from November ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. ‌government posted a lower $173 billion ‌deficit in November as tariffs on imports helped to boost revenues, the Treasury Department said on ‍Wednesday. The ...