budget deficit
Example Sentences
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There is also growing unease about the U.S. budget deficit.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
This year, the International Monetary Fund expects Japan to have the smallest budget deficit in the Group of Seven advanced economies for the third year running, at around 2% of gross domestic product.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 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
