government spending

While the federal government’s deficit and debt grow, it seems families and state governments have become better savers during the current recovery. North Carolina’s budget picture is improving, with revenues…

There is a simple equation that every first-semester student in macroeconomics learns. It is the equation for measuring gross domestic product or GDP. GDP is used to measure the size…

For fiscal year 2015-16, the General Fund budget will rise 3.1 percent to $21.7 billion, below the combined rates of population growth and inflation. The following year, the budget will have an overall increase of less than one-percent.

By The Numbers provides information on how much local government costs in every city and county in North Carolina.

County and municipal governments provide many key services while taking in billions in revenue. Their roles grow ever greater as state government shifts more taxing power to localities to make up for money kept by the state. Still, finding comparative data is hard. That's why this report provides information of how much local government costs in every city and county in NC.

RALEIGH – North Carolinians are shouldering a heavier local-government tax burden, according to a new study by the Center for Local Innovation. The average North Carolinian saw local taxes…

RALEIGH – Local taxes and fees in Fayetteville totaled about $1,354 per resident in 2004, ranking the city 20th out of 26 major N.C. cities in local government costs, according…

RALEIGH – Local taxes and fees in Greenville totaled about $1,367 per resident in 2004, ranking the city 19th out of 26 major North Carolina cities for local government costs,…

RALEIGH – Local taxes and fees in Hickory totaled about $1,747 per resident in 2004, ranking the city seventh out of 26 major N.C. cities in local government costs, according…

RALEIGH – Local taxes and fees in Rocky Mount totaled about $1,222 per resident in 2004, ranking the city 22nd out of 26 major N.C. cities in local government costs,…