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Ex-Treasury worker sentenced to prison for leaking banking reports to reporter

By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

U.S. budget deficit up 25.1% in first 2 months of budget year

The Treasury Department reported Thursday that with two months gone in the budget year, the deficit totaled $429.3 billion, up from $343.3 billion in last year's October-November period.

By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press

The Treasury Department issues loans in the form of bonds. The yield curve is determined by the interest rate on short- and long-term bonds. Photo by Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images

Why the inverted yield curve makes investors worry about a recession

The yield curve measures the difference between short-term and long-term interest interest rates on government bonds.

By Gretchen Frazee

The U.S. capitol dome building is pictured in Washington, D.C. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

What economic and political issues were eclipsed by the Nunes memo?

The controversial House Intelligence Committee memo earlier this week has grabbed headlines, but Washington is mired in other significant issues. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield joins Megan Thompson from Santa Barbara to discuss the Treasury, which wants to borrow…

By PBS NewsHour

File photo of White House by Zach Gibson/Reuters

WATCH: Mnuchin predicts Congress will raise debt ceiling

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is predicting that Congress will raise the government's borrowing limit in September, before a deadline for default.

By Associated Press