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deficit

[def-uh-sit, dih-fis-it] / ˈdɛf ə sɪt, dɪˈfɪs ɪt /


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The Treasury Department on Wednesday opened the door to changes to its debt-issuance plans as it prepares to increase borrowing to fund the nearly $2 trillion deficit.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Saudi Arabia’s quarterly budget deficit more than doubled in the third quarter to 84 billion riyals, according to data published by financial news portal Argaam.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

The deficit for the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30 hit $1.99 trillion, up $200 billion from the prior year.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Just 24 hours before Tottenham's heroics in Amsterdam, Liverpool had overturned their own three-goal deficit.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

There’s always profit-taking or the federal deficit or something or other to account for a bearish turn, and improved corporate earnings or interest rates or whatever to account for a bullish one.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

The structural budget deficits and inability to raise financing are also indicative of a poorly managed economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

I can certainly see big deficits, that’s what you’re supposed to run during the pandemic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

But particularly in the 1970s and 1980s, American politicians started losing their sense of shame about deficits, argues Joseph Thorndike, an American historian of tax and fiscal policy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

CE expects Brazil to run large budget deficits in the coming four years, with the public debt-to-GDP ratio rising to 95% by the end of the next presidential term from 82.5% this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Giving himself repeated daily shots of canine insulin in the abdomen, arm, or leg, Woolf almost certainly spent his days boomeranging between insulin gluts and deficits.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand


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