The Other, Bigger Growing Deficit
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The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has released Living Planet Report 2004âthe current edition of an annual index that tracks global species abundance and human use of natural resources.
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Both political parties assumed millions of dollars in debts in the waning days of the congressional campaign as the election intensified and the prospects of a power shift became more apparent.
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WASHINGTON - The federal deficit will swell to a record $422 billion this election year but fall short of even more dire forecasts, Congress' top budget analysts projected Tuesday in a report that became instant fodder for both political parties.    The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said the shortfall would shrink to $348 billion next year - still the third worst ever in dollar terms...
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British public borrowing is set to rise and the government will need to raise taxes or reduce spending to decisively cut the deficit, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said yesterday.
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The US trade deficit has expanded to its highest level in 14 months, official data shows.
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The nominal numbers reported about the economy are in some ways more real than the real ones.
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This year should mark another year of growth in the United States. That is hardly remarkable. What is remarkable, and perhaps unappreciated, is that growth has become the norm for the American economy.
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The United States hit a record deficit of $166.2 billion last quarter in trade and capital flows with the rest of the world.
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THE US federal deficit will swell to a record $US422 billion ($608 billion) this election year but fall short of even more dire forecasts, Congress&#39; top budget analysts projected
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WASHINGTON - The federal deficit surged to a record $413 billion in 2004, the Treasury Department announced Thursday, injecting the figure into a presidential campaign in which the two parties have clashed over President Bush's management of the economy and the budget.    The number was a significant improvement from the shortfalls that analysts projected earlier this year, including a $521 billion estimate the Bush administration made in February...
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For the third time in a month, an analysis of state finances is warning that budget deficits and spending cuts are on the way.
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Other challenges â potential recession, budget deficits, and rising entitlement spending â could overshadow military priorities.
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The US current account deficit widens, showing the world's largest economy is still having to foot a huge energy import bill.
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LONDON : Britain&#39;s budget deficit ballooned last month, when the public sector net cash requirement (PSNCR) rose to 10.8 billion pounds (15.
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The Congressional Budget Office is predicting the government will accumulate another $855 billion in deficits over the next decade, excluding the costs of President Bush's Social Security plan and ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The economy is growing. Tax revenues are climbing. But can these factors rescue President Bush from a federal deficit that seems stuck above $400 billion?
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President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry have starkly different economic priorities with a common thread: price tags exceeding &#36;1 trillion that could pump already huge deficits skyward over the next decade.