Worries about government deficits are making one of their periodic tours of Wall Street. Investors say the prospect of bigger budget imbalances in the second Trump administration are a factor behind ...

Behind Trump’s new tariffs is a goal that is as ambitious as it is unrealistic: eliminating the bilateral trade deficit with every U.S. trading partner. By Ana Swanson Ana Swanson has written about ...

The U.S. imported $1.2 trillion more in goods in 2024 than it exported, a record annual deficit and a major economic irritant ...