October 26, 2018

Trump Hits A New High-Water Mark: The Biggest Federal Deficit In 6 Years

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-deficit-highest-six-years_us_5bc545ece4b0a8f17ee4c5d6?fbclid=IwAR2gQ13T68BeVwKc-PsM6ylVGGnQtf-WUb6odMikYYzAyK1V9FwweBdg8LU
"President Donald Trump likes to boast that he’s breaking records with the latest low unemployment figures. Here’s another record for his administration: The 2018 federal deficit hit the highest level of the last six years. The deficit jumped 17 percent (or by $113 billion) to $779 billion at the end of Trump’s first fiscal year, according to final figures released Monday by the Treasury Department."