Tag: deficit
Chart of the Week: Week 50, 2016: US Trade in Goods with China
The chart demonstrates the extent to which the two countries’ economies are intertwined and the enormity of the US trade deficit with China, which has only increased in the last two decades.
Chart of the Week: Week 11, 2016: UK Central Government Finances
We've updated our annual chart on central government finances per person in time for this afternoon's UK Budget speech.
Chart of the Week: Week 10, 2015: Current Budget Deficit
This morning, the Scottish Government released their annual report on their finances covering the period up to 2013/14.
Chart of the Week: Week 48, 2014: UK Public Sector Finances
Government finance figures were released at the end of last week, and they suggested that the government deficit in 2014/15 may end up higher than it was during 2013/14 - and the sixth highest in the last twenty years.