Balanced Budget

A council intended to provide disinterested economic advice to the president has fallen out of favor.

Republicans are fighting over how and to whom to extend the 2017 Trump tax cuts.

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The Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington DC.

The Concord Coalition launched their new "fiscal responsibility" advocacy group, Concord Action, designed to pressure Congress to lower America's $36 trillion national debt.

The US president has recognised something that is rarely acknowledged: monetary policy is political, says academic and author Leah Downey

Draining the swamp of a bloated welfare bureaucracy and enforcing fiscal discipline are monumental tasks — but they are essential for a sustainable future.

A new administration will shake up more than just the mortgage market.

President Joe Biden will end his term with a relatively healthy labor market as the U.S. added a surprising 256,000 jobs in December and the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1%.

State analysts have a plan to fix the "structural insolvency" of unemployment benefits but it's unclear if lawmakers will get on board.

Speaker Johnson touted the GOP plan to fufill President-elect Trump's campaign promises via a single large bill during a Sunday interview with Maria Bartiromo.

Incumbent speaker swayed two members who initially voted against him, giving him 218 votes to win over Democrat Jeffries' 215 votes

Something has gone terribly wrong. In his 2004 book Why Globalization Works, the economics journalist Martin Wolf wrote that "liberal democracy is the

President-elect Donald Trump accused former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of "one of the dumbest political decisions made in years."

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said her agency will need to start taking "extraordinary measures," or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the nation from hitting the debt ceiling, as early as January 14, in a letter sent to congressional leaders Friday afternoon.

The stock market dropped nearly 1,200 points Wednesday as investors digested Fed Chair Jerome Powell's halting explanation of persistent inflation.

As expected, property owners in Harrison will pay more in real estate taxes next year. Township commissioners approved a $5.9 million budget that raises property taxes by 9.8%, or one-half of a mill, next year. The tax rate increases from 5.106 mills to 5.606 mills. The owner of a property

Reagan's vision shaped the Contract with America—now Trump aims to revive it with a pledge for limited government and accountability.

Vows to shrink the deficit, pay down the debt and run government more like a business have long been a stock element of politics. Candidates for office who have business backgrounds made it a mantra.

O'Hara property owners could see their real estate tax bills go up by about 14% as part of the township's 2025 budget. Township officials mulled over next year's budget at a special workshop meeting Nov. 19. Financial documents indicate the millage rate would increase from 2.1 mills to 2.4 mills.