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budget deficit
noun as in deficit spending
noun as in national debt
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Example Sentences
In this economy, at this time, the federal budget deficit is something of a lagging indicator.
But there was also fresh evidence that there has been enormous progress in the effort to cut the annual budget deficit.
He warns against increase in budget deficit, urges budget cuts.
Combined with a bit of fiscal discipline, the higher revenues are helping to reduce the (still massive) federal budget deficit.
Obviously, it takes a lot of heavy lifting to get from the war-related budget deficit to the global financial and economic crisis.
Thus, the budget will be either cruelly cut or the budget deficit will increase.
Next year the budget deficit will be only slightly less than this year.
Now, the budget deficit this year will exceed our earlier expectations.
If the Congress enacts the tax increase, we will reduce the budget deficit by some $12 billion.
Last year, we began to put our house in order by tackling the budget deficit that was driving us toward bankruptcy.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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