Budget basics simplified: TOI explains receipts, expenditure, deficits, borrowing, and parliamentary approvals for understanding of govt finances

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Budget 2026 glossary explained: From deficit to disinvestment, key terms decoded to understand budget numbers and policies

The Union Budget comes with a vocabulary that can be confusing even for regular readers. Many terms are technical, and are used repeatedly across Budget documents, tables and debates. The “Budget at a ...
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Understanding the Low October 2025 Trade Deficit

The fall October’s deficit relative to September’s is entirely due to swings in pharmaceutical imports and gold imports (and exports). Ironically, neither category has been subject to tariffs. Fear of ...
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A 3% rule for budget deficits would be a good start (Editorial)

All but unnoticed last month, a bipartisan group of legislators introduced a resolution calling for Congress to keep budget deficits at no more than 3% of gross domestic product. Though not enough by ...

N.S. budget contains major cuts as province confronts $1.2B deficit

This latest budget includes projected revenues of $17.3 billion and expenses of $18.9 billion, and the province is projecting deficits for the next four years. Despite the talk of a need for restraint ...