Understanding Budget Deficits: Causes, Impact, and Solutions

Learn how budget deficits arise, their economic impact, and discover strategies to reduce them. Gain insights into managing ...
Opinion

The budget in seven graphs: no big surprises but this may be one of the most ambitious moves to fix Australia’s finances

With some long-awaited sanity on housing and taxes, including CGT and negative gearing changes, it’s one of the most important for good – but will still leave some out in the cold ...
Daily Camera

A 3% rule for budget deficits would be a good start (Editorial)

All but unnoticed last month, a bipartisan group of legislators introduced a resolution calling for Congress to keep budget deficits at no more than 3% of gross domestic product. Though not enough by ...
The Washington Post

Running deficits larger than during the Great Depression is reckless

The federal budget deficit was roughly 6 percent of gross domestic product for each of the past three fiscal years. During a three-year span of low unemployment, economic expansion, increasing revenue ...
HousingWire

More reverse mortgage borrowers show deep budget deficits

GreenPath Financial Wellness data shows a sharp rise in both the share and depth of monthly budget deficits among seniors seeking reverse mortgage counseling between 2024 and 2025. More than one in ...
Edmonton Journal

Deficits, oil and immigration: Six charts to see before Alberta Budget 2026 is tabled Thursday

The Alberta government is expected to reveal its second consecutive multi-billion dollar budgetary deficit on Thursday afternoon when it tables its plan for the 2026-27 fiscal year. In a televised ...