The U.S. Treasury Department is set to maintain elevated sales of long-term debt to finance the government’s widening budget deficit,…
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By Stephen Dinan The “fiscal cliff” deal that was designed to save money actually includes $330.3 billion in new spending…
Rachelle Younglai Reuters The United States government reported a budget surplus for the final month of the 2012 fiscal year,…
Justin Menza CNBC The latest round of extraordinary Federal Reserve stimulus is risky and leaves little room to maneuver should…
By Paul Buchheit Conservatives force the deficit issue, ignoring job creation, and insisting that tax increases on the rich wouldn’t…
Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the best quotes about the debt ceiling: “I could…
Gov. Jerry Brown announced on Saturday that the state’s deficit has ballooned to $16 billion, a huge increase over his…
By DAVID ROGERS Politico The government faces a fourth year of trillion-plus deficits in 2012, according to new projections released Tuesday—numbers which…