Anthony DeBarros

United States

Data Journalist at The Wall Street Journal

Data journalist @WSJ. Author, Practical SQL (@nostarch). Past: @usatoday, @documentcloud, @PokJournal, @wpdhfm, @Marist. https://t.co/NFlyO67abc

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A Timeline of How the U.S. Racked Up Record Budget Deficits

1 week ago | wsj.com | Richard Rubin |Anthony DeBarros |Rosie Ettenheim

Fast-forward to 2025, and the U.S. is running record deficits outside of wars, recessions or crises. The nation’s publicly held debt is nearing 100% of gross domestic product and is projected to surpass the post World War II record of 106% in a few years. What happened? It wasn’t a single event but a mix of factors: an aging population, tax cuts, wars, the 2008 financial crisis, expanded healthcare spending, the Covid-19 pandemic and rising federal assistance to households.
Trump Disclosure Shows $57 Million in Earnings From Early Crypto Push

1 week ago | wsj.com | Sam Goldfarb |Anthony DeBarros |Vicky Huang

President Trump earned around $57 million from his stake in a family-backed cryptocurrency firm last year, according to a new financial disclosure form, showing the early returns on a burgeoning digital-asset empire. Trump’s annual financial disclosure, released by the Office of Government Ethics, reveals his vast and varied income streams and holdings, covering everything from golf resorts to merchandising deals to stock investments in such companies as Apple and Berkshire Hathaway.
U.S. Trade Deficit Cut in Half on Record Drop in Imports

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Justin Lahart |Anthony DeBarros

Businesses had rushed to get ahead of Trump’s tariffs in March; in April, they stayed more on the sidelines. The U.S. trade deficit collapsed in April, as tariffs took a huge bite out of imports. The trade deficit narrowed to a seasonally adjusted $61.6 billion in April, the Commerce Department reported on Thursday, its lowest level since September 2023.
Goods Trade Deficit Plummets in April

4 weeks ago | wsj.com | Matt Grossman |Anthony DeBarros

The U.S.'s trade deficit for goods shrank substantially in April, as new tariffs weighed on imports. Goods imports fell by 20% to $276.1 billion, while exports rose 3.4% to $188.5 billion, the Commerce Department said. It was the biggest one-month drop in goods imports on record. That yielded a goods trade deficit of $87.6 billion, down from $162.3 billion in March.
Aux Etats-Unis, le lent déclin des villes universitaires

1 month ago | lopinion.fr | Konrad Putzier |Douglas Belkin |Anthony DeBarros

MACOMB, Illinois — A la Western Illinois University, une résidence universitaire abandonnée qui abritait autrefois 800 étudiants a été transformée en terrain d’entraînement pour la police. Après les exercices de simulation de fusillade, il ne reste plus que des meubles renversés, des balles en caoutchouc et des cartouches de paintball.
College Boom Towns Go Bust as Enrollment Declines Batter Local Economies

1 month ago | wsj.com | Konrad Putzier |Douglas Belkin |Anthony DeBarros

MACOMB, Ill.—At Western Illinois University, an empty dorm that once held 800 students is now a police training ground, where active-shooter drills have left behind overturned furniture, rubber-tipped bullets and paintball casings. Nearby dorms have been razed to weedy fields. Two more dorms are set to close this summer. Frat houses and homes once filled with student renters are empty lots. City streets used to be so crowded during the semester that cars moved at a crawl. No more.
College Boom Towns Go Bust as Enrollment Declines Batter Local Economies

1 month ago | wsj.com | Konrad Putzier |Douglas Belkin |Anthony DeBarros

Many state universities are losing more students every year, failing the local economies they once fosteredThere aren’t enough students at Western Illinois University to keep open three high-rise residence halls. MACOMB, Ill.—At Western Illinois University, an empty dorm that once held 800 students is now a police training ground, where active-shooter drills have left behind overturned furniture, rubber-tipped bullets and paintball casings. Nearby dorms have been razed to weedy fields.
America’s College Towns Go From Boom to Bust

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Konrad Putzier |Douglas Belkin |Anthony DeBarros

6 hours agoFormer US President Joe Biden, 82, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, a statement from his office said on Sunday. Biden, who left office in January, was diagnosed on Friday after he saw a doctor last week for urinary symptoms. The cancer is a more aggressive form of …
College Boom Towns Go Bust as Enrollment Declines Batter Local Economies

1 month ago | wsj.com | Konrad Putzier |Douglas Belkin |Anthony DeBarros

“It’s almost like you’re watching the town die,” said Kalib McGruder, who was born in Macomb and worked 28 years for the Western Illinois campus police department. Macomb is at the heart of a new Rust Belt: Across the U.S., colleges are faltering and so are the once booming towns around them. Enrollment is down at many of the nation’s public colleges and universities, widening the gap between high-profile campuses and struggling schools.
U.S. Collected a Record $16.3 Billion in Customs Duties in April

1 month ago | wsj.com | Anthony DeBarros

The U.S. collected $7.6 billion more in customs duties in April than it did in March, the Treasury said Monday, as revenue from tariffs on imported goods ramped up sharply. Gross customs duties collected in April reached a monthly record of $16.3 billion. Since the start of the fiscal year in October, the U.S. has collected $63.3 billion in customs duties, a $15.4 billion increase from the same period a year earlier.

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5 Jun 25

Some economists are beginning to question the accuracy of recent U.S. inflation data after the federal government said BLS staffing shortages hampered its ability to conduct the massive monthly survey. https://t.co/wAGaVk2GKS

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19 May 25

RT @McCormickJohn: With a Macomb, Illinois dateline, @KonradPutzier, @dougbelkin and @anthonydb report that U.S. colleges are faltering and…

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30 Apr 25

RT @practicalsql: Newest versions of pgAdmin now let us customize the font in the Query Tool. Nice upgrade. Set here to MesloLGL Nerd Font…

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Articles

A Timeline of How the U.S. Racked Up Record Budget Deficits

Trump Disclosure Shows $57 Million in Earnings From Early Crypto Push

U.S. Trade Deficit Cut in Half on Record Drop in Imports

Goods Trade Deficit Plummets in April

Aux Etats-Unis, le lent déclin des villes universitaires

College Boom Towns Go Bust as Enrollment Declines Batter Local Economies

College Boom Towns Go Bust as Enrollment Declines Batter Local Economies

America’s College Towns Go From Boom to Bust

College Boom Towns Go Bust as Enrollment Declines Batter Local Economies

U.S. Collected a Record $16.3 Billion in Customs Duties in April

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