budget deficit
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This will be crucial, between long-dated Treasury yields hitting 24-year highs earlier this month, ongoing U.S. funding needs and the $2 trillion budget deficit.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
The U.K. government set out new plans for spending and taxation intended to keep it on track to narrow its budget deficit, but at a slower pace than previously hoped for.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
He co-wrote a 2003 report with suggestions for closing California’s massive budget deficit after the dot-com bubble left the state reeling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
The U.S. federal government’s annual budget deficit reached almost $2 trillion for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, the Treasury Department said Friday.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 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
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