The fiscal deficit is one of the most important concepts in the dense lexicon of economics. Debates and policy decisions on the budget deficit are common because of the influence it has on a country"s ...

In the world of accounting, finance and taxes, there’s more than one type of year. In addition to regular years, there are a number of different fiscal years. A fiscal year is the 12-month period a ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

A fiscal year is an accounting period. The accounting period can either be the calendar year from January to December or another 12-consecutive-month period selected by a company. Fiscal years are ...

A fiscal year is the 12 months that a company designates as a year for financial and tax reporting purposes. This year can differ from the traditional calendar year, and it varies for each corporation ...

Another earnings season is winding down. This time around, most companies reported financial and operating results for the January-February-March quarter, the second three-month period in a calendar ...

Michael Rosenston is a fact-checker and researcher with expertise in business, finance, and insurance. Tim Robberts / Getty Images The fiscal multiplier measures the effect that increases in fiscal ...

As the Union Budget 2026 approaches, the revenue, fiscal, and primary deficits are under scrutiny. These indicators reveal ...

Once in a while, a word or phrase becomes so meme’d that it ends up winning an award. The “fiscal cliff” is now in the running. It’s everywhere in the news. So much so that it may be going head to ...

A grand bargain, a compromise to avert the so-called fiscal cliff, could all come down to one word: revenue. It's now widely agreed that steering away from the cliff — the combination of spending cuts ...

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) issued a scathing indictment on Wednesday following the reported end of America’s longest government shutdown. Maya MacGuineas, president of the ...