Budget 2026: When a government needs to spend more than it earns, it turns to deficit financing. To cover this gap, it typically raises money by borrowing from the public through bonds or by printing ...

Budgets, taxes, and debt are the fundamental cycle of government finance. Expenditures are financed through taxes or debt. When spending exceeds tax revenue, the budget deficit must be bridged by ...

Back in the summer of 2004, Nouriel Roubini and I published a paper arguing that large trade deficits implied a deteriorating US net international investment position and a deteriorating “income” ...