Fuzzy outlook, deficits could trip Bush economic plans: analysts
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With the outlook fuzzy and the US economy saddled by big deficits, President George W. Bush will face a tough road implementing his ambitious economic agenda in a second term, analysts say.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry have starkly different economic priorities with a common thread: price tags exceeding $1 trillion that could pump already huge deficits skyward over the next decade...
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President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry have starkly different economic priorities with a common thread: price tags exceeding &#36;1 trillion that could pump already huge deficits skyward over the next decade.
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Investor's Business Daily - President Bush said the long-term outlook was bright despite current troubles. "Given the economy's strong basic structure, free mobility of labor, relatively low taxes, well-balanced capital markets and openness to trade, prospects for continued growth in the years ahead remain good," said a report by Bush's Council of Economic Advisers. The White House stuck to its forecast for 2.7% growth in '08, far above the 1.6% predicted by private-sector economists.
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Social Security and tax code changes could strain the federal budget. The president could use a rising GDP.
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The slowing U.S. economy is unlikely  to sink into an election-year recession and an economic rebound  could begin as early as next year as housing and financial  market turmoil fades, the Congressional Budget Office forecast  on Wednesday.
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A weak report on retail sales, a key element of US economic activity, fueled nagging doubts about whether a so-called &quot;soft patch&quot; for the US economy is lingering.
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WASHINGTON - The Bush administration released a new economic forecast for 2005 on Friday in which it boosted growth forecasts slightly from a year ago but cut back sharply on its estimates of new jobs.
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President George W. Bush predicted on Wednesday that strong tax receipts would cause the U.S. budget deficit to shrink to $205 billion this year, marking the third straight annual decline.
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A National Intelligence Estimate prepared for President Bush in late July spells out a dark assessment of prospects for Iraq.
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President Bush was saying last month that the economy had &quot;turned the corner,&quot; but the recovery he&#39;s counting on to help drive him to re-election Nov. 2 has hit some potholes lately.
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Economic assumptions from President Bush's proposed 2008 budget:
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The budget that President Bush will submit to Congress today shows the federal deficit falling in each of the next four years and would produce a $61 billion surplus in 2012, administration officials said. But to get there, Bush is counting on strong economic growth, diminishing costs in the Iraq war and tight domestic spending to offset the cost of his tax cuts....
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The nation's budget deficit will drop to $205 billion in the fiscal year that ends in September, even as a worsening deficit picture for future years makes it more difficult for President Bush to meet his pledge of a surplus by 2012.
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As Congress started to digest a new Bush administration request of &#36;80 billion to bankroll wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, its top budget analyst on Tuesday projected &#36;855 billion in deficits for the next decade even without the costs of war and President Bush's Social Security plan.
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The Bush administration will seek to  slash government spending next year, U.S. Treasury Secretary  John Snow said on Sunday, but he was less specific than the  president in predicting how quickly the deficit would fall.
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Anyone hoping for an answer to when the weak dollar or the size of U.S. deficits will stabilize is likely to be disappointed at this year's World Economic Forum.