Beyond the big single-month jump, the collective red ink over the 10 months of the fiscal year rose to nearly $1.8 trillion, surpassing the same period in 2025.

Up until June, the U.S. budget deficit had been improving for fiscal year 2026.

The fiscal year deficit for the federal government will be $200 billion more than the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ...

One factor is the continuing multibillion-dollar AI investments by Google parent Alphabet, Facebook parent Meta, Microsoft, ...

By David Lawder Aug 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. federal budget deficit for July jumped to $432 billion, a record for the month, as higher outlays and more negative tariff revenues also brought the 2026 ...

Over the past 12 months, total revenue was $5.4 trillion compared to $5.2 trillion over the same period a year prior. Spending was $7.3 trillion over the past 12 months compared to $7.1 trillion in ...

The CBO's monthly update shows the federal budget deficit on track to hit $2.1 trillion as national debt interest costs surge 14% year over year.

With two months left in the fiscal year, the deficit so far for fiscal 2026 totals $1.8 trillion, Treasury Department data showed Aug. 12.

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed a bit in June, but it remains only slightly lower than before President Donald Trump took ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It doesn’t mean the U.S. is losing money. It simply means foreigners are sending the U.S. more goods than the U.S. is sending them ...

In a remarkable turnaround, the U.S. deficit with Mexico has been larger than the deficit with China for three of the last five months and four of the last seven. In fact, the annual U.S. deficit with ...