Skip to content
The El Paso

Federal budget deficit climbs to $2 trillion as fiscal jitters multiply

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The federal budget deficit rose to nearly $2 trillion for the past fiscal year, spurred in part by ballooning interest payments and tariff refunds, the Congressional Budget Office reported Thursday. The gap between the revenue the federal government collects and the amo...

Sources and story details