budget deficit
Example Sentences
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The kingdom’s budget deficit, at the equivalent of $42.7 billion in the first half, is already running close to the shortfall it had budgeted for the entire year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
There is also growing unease about the U.S. budget deficit.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
After the budget scandal erupted in 2024, the IMF found Senegal's 2023 budget deficit was 12.3 percent of GDP, when the last government had said it was 4.9 percent.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
And the nearly $1.8 trillion federal budget deficit so far this fiscal year only reinforces the borrowing need.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
Through knowledge, political will, and perhaps some luck, we seem to have tamed inflation and the budget deficit.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
