Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-u-s-budget-deficit-rises-to-1-7-trillion-in-2023-fiscal-year Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Audio In our news wrap Saturday, new numbers from the U.S. Treasury Department showed the nation’s deficit has increased nearly 25 percent to $1.7 trillion in the last fiscal year, and at least four people have died in the torrential storm hitting parts of Europe for a third day. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. Listen to this Segment Watch Watch the Full Episode PBS NewsHour from Oct 21, 2023