budget deficit

Example Sentences

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“Senate faculty need full, trustworthy accounting of decisions and policies that caused the current campus budget deficit,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

But its war-time economic worries are mounting, with growth stagnating and a ballooning budget deficit as oil revenues -- choked by sanctions -- drop to a five-year low.

From Barron's

But its wartime economic worries are mounting, with growth stagnating and a ballooning budget deficit as sanction-hit oil revenues drop to a five-year low.

From Barron's

As a result, Russian authorities are likely to face a bigger budget deficit than they had planned.

From BBC

He also called for drawing down the city’s reserves by $1.2 billion to help close a looming budget deficit.

From The Wall Street Journal