Is it really so urgent to tackle France's public debt issue? Here are the key figures you need to know to have an informed debate about public finances.

A New York Times chart showing the stark impact President Donald Trump's administration has had on the federal deficit made the rounds on social media Wednesday, prompting a mix of alarm and mockery, ...

A few weeks ago I wrote an article about tariffs, discussing the economic principles behind them. That article was a response to what I viewed as extreme bias in the media on how tariffs were ...

In a remarkable turnaround, the U.S. deficit with Mexico has been larger than the deficit with China for three of the last five months and four of the last seven. In fact, the annual U.S. deficit with ...