Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says he could take government spending out of his agency's reports on gross domestic ...

Congress has less than two weeks to extend a federal funding deadline, but lawmakers are arguing over whether the White House ...

Social Security remains one of the largest federal spending categories, while net interest on the national debt is the ...

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Sunday he would strip out government spending from the gross domestic product ...

Government spending is tied up with consumer and business spending. Not reporting it as part of GDP would breach global accounting standards.

Government spending makes up 6% of total gross domestic product. And besides, spending cuts come with economic ripple effects ...

Congress has until 11:59 p.m. March 14 to pass a measure to keep the government operating at full throttle — and there's no ...

U.S. construction spending unexpectedly fell in January, pulled down by a decline in outlays on multi-family homebuilding.

"The more immediate problem is this March 14 deadline to do something about federal funding for the current fiscal year," said Loren Duggan.

This week, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon told CNBC that he supports making the government more efficient. “Why are we spending the money on these things? Are we getting what we deserve?

New York state government spending is skyrocketing, according to a fiscal watchdog group, which is calling on Gov. Kathy ...

December, picking up on increased government and consumer spending, official data showed on Friday, and the government said ...