The federal government routinely uses government spending and taxes to help offset the highs and lows of the U.S. business cycle. While government spending typically increases during a recession, the magnitude of the fiscal expansion during the pandemic recession was outsized compared with the average historical pattern. This likely contributed to real economic growth and possibly inflation during the recovery. Over the next few years, U.S. fiscal policy is expected to be roughly neutral, providing neither a tailwind nor headwind to the overall economy.

The U.S. government spent $659 billion this year paying off the interest on its debt, according to a Treasury report released Friday.

The U.S. government on Friday posted a $1.695 trillion budget deficit in fiscal 2023, a 23% jump from the prior year as revenues fell and outlays for Social Security, Medicare and record-high interest costs on the federal debt rose.

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The federal deficit in 2022 was $1.4 trillion, equal to 5.5 percent of gross domestic product, almost 2 percentage points greater than the average over the past 50 years.

This annual publication provides details of taxes paid on wages in OECD countries. This year’s edition focuses on the impact of recent inflation on labour taxation in the OECD and how countries adjust their tax systems in response.

Exploring the impact of the United States's latest credit rating downgrade and what it means for investor confidence at home and abroad

It might have more to do with the country’s political dysfunction than with its solvency.

The biggest tax policy changes enacted under President George W. Bush were the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, often referred to as the “Bush tax cuts” but formally named the Economic Growth and Tax...

Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product

This paper considers top income taxation when (i) new ideas drive economic growth, (ii) the reward for successful innovation is a top income, and (iii) innovation cannot be perfectly targeted by a research subsidy—think about the business methods of Walmart, the creation of Uber, or the “idea” of Amazon. These conditions lead to a new force affecting the optimal top tax rate: by slowing the creation of new ideas that drive aggregate GDP, top income taxation reduces everyone’s income, not just income at the top. This force sharply constrains both revenue-maximizing and welfare-maximizing top tax rates.

The agreement secures some GOP priorities on spending, permits and the safety net, but left the heart of President Joe Biden's agenda intact — at least until the next fight.

The losses accelerated the trend of high-earners relocating to lower-tax states like Florida and Texas.

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New York City may be known as the bagel capital of the world, but its inhabitants are subject to a "bagel tax" whenever they choose to buy a pre-sliced bagel with cream cheese.

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The sugar-sweetened beverage, or SSB, tax, implemented in Oakland in 2017, significantly reduced the number of purchases of soda and sugary drinks, according to a study published Tuesday in PLOS Medicine.

Global defense spending hit record $2.2 trillion last year.

The flawed assumptions of the House GOP’s revived plan for work requirements.

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Without the Bush and Trump tax cuts, debt as a percentage of the economy would be declining permanently.

A new report by WalletHub measured how much people pay in property, income and sales tax in proportion to the amount of money they make.

No two state tax systems are the same; this report provides detailed analyses of the features of every state tax code.

How the US government spends more money than it collects

Each year's federal budget must be approved by Congress and signed by the President. Despite agreeing on a budget, the federal government will likely not raise enough tax revenue to match its spending projections.