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By Candelaria Grimberg SALLIQUELO, Argentina (Reuters) – Argentina inaugurated on Sunday the first stage of a gas pipeline that will carry natural gas from the Vaca Muerta formation in western …

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey is taking measures to re-establish fiscal discipline and control the level of the budget deficit, Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek said on Sunday. The budget deficit for …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in May, with imports of goods dropping to their lowest level since late 2021 as higher borrowing costs slow domestic demand. The …

By Gavin Jones and Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s budget deficit widened in the first quarter to 12.1% of gross domestic product (GDP) compared with 11.3% in the same …

ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland expects its budget deficit to widen to 6.7 billion Swiss francs ($7.46 billion) next year due to extraordinary spending on Ukrainian refugees and the electricity sector, …

President Joe Biden on Wednesday posted on Twitter that he had cut the U.S. deficit by $1.7 trillion. The post was immediately flagged by Twitter as misinformation citing articles from …

By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) – When President Joe Biden signed his signature Inflation Reduction Act last August, he hailed the collection of green energy tax credits as a major victory …

(Reuters) – The U.S. budget deficit swelled in May from a year earlier as revenue tumbled and Medicare spending surged, the Treasury Department said on Monday in its first monthly …

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s current account deficit shrank 36.3% in the first quarter compared with the same period last year, to $3.42 billion, the central bank said on Thursday, due …

OTTAWA, May 26 (Reuters) – Canada’s budget deficit in fiscal 2022/23 shrank to C$41.31 billion ($30.89 billion) from C$95.57 billion in the previous year as a post-pandemic economic rebound spurred …

By Darya Korsunskaya and Alexander Marrow (Reuters) – As Russia’s military spending soars and sanctions squeeze its energy revenues, Moscow faces a battle to keep its budget deficit in check, …

LONDON (Reuters) – Rising demand from automakers, industry and investors will push the global platinum market into its biggest deficit in years, three industry reports predicted on Monday. The reports …

By Shivangi Acharya and Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s merchandise and services trade deficit narrowed to a 21-month low in April as imports dropped partly due to some …

(Reuters) – Russia’s federal budget recorded a 3.4 trillion rouble ($43.8 billion) deficit in the first four months of the year, the finance ministry said on Wednesday, as Moscow continued …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in March as exports increased, which could position trade to continue contributing to economic growth in the second quarter. The trade …

(Reuters) – Russia’s forecast of a 2023 budget deficit of no more than 2% of gross domestic product (GDP) remains in force but much depends on oil and gas revenues, …

MADRID (Reuters) – The Spanish government intends to lower the budget deficit to the equivalent to 3% of gross domestic product in 2024 from 3.9% projected for this year, Budget …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. trade deficit in goods narrowed sharply in March as exports surged and imports declined, which augurs well for economic growth in the first quarter. The …

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany expects to post a deficit of 4.25% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023, up from a 2.6% deficit the previous year, according to finance ministry …

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia posted a 128.5 trillion rupiah ($8.69 billion) budget surplus in the first quarter on strong tax collection and the recent strengthening of the rupiah currency could …

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s central government budget recorded a deficit of 47.22 billion lira ($2.46 billion) in March, the Finance Ministry said on Monday, while the cumulative deficit for 2023 …