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 ...

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 ...

Nouriel has already commented on the Economic Report of the President. He didn’t exactly like its international chapter. It didn’t rub me the wrong way quite as strongly - in part because I am more ...

The U.S. government posted a surplus in June as tariffs gave an extra bump to a sharp increase in receipts, the Treasury Department said Friday. With government red ink swelling throughout the year, ...

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