Zooming out and looking over the history of the budget back to 2016 shows a more complete picture. The change since Covid is ...

Another challenge is that fraud is not easy to root out entirely. Historically, "only a small percentage of tax dollars lost to fraud are ever actually recovered by the government," said Bob ...

The December budget deficit came in at $144.75 billion, a record for the month and 68 percent higher than last year.

Union Budget 2026: As the budget approaches on Sunday, 1st February, know how the fiscal deficit shapes government spending.