The federal budget deficit is declining.

I'm Nova Safo with the Marketplace Minute.

It will be a temporary drop totaling about $200 billion,

according to the Congressional Budget Office.

And thanks in part to better than expected

tax revenues from better than expected investment returns.

The CBO says deficits will then grow again, but will be 7% smaller than previously thought,

in part because of a better than expected job market.

Disney has made a $1.5 billion investment

into video game maker Epic.

The media giant says Epic will make games featuring Disney franchises and characters.

Initial jobless claims fell last week despite recent high-profile layoff announcements.

The total was a relatively low to 18,000.

A federal labor law judge says Starbucks must rehire a part-time employee who quit after the company

repeatedly ignored her scheduling requests.

The employee was helping Starbucks stores unionized and the

judge said the coffee chain treated her differently than other workers. I'm Novasafo

with a marketplace minute. placement.