White House: Deficit Will Hit Record &#36;427B
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The White House will project that this year's federal deficit will hit &#36;427 billion, a senior administration official said Tuesday, a record amount partly driven by wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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President Bush today unveiled a tough-minded, $3 trillion budget proposal for fiscal 2009 that would slice $14.2 billion from the growth of federal health care programs, eliminate scores of programs and virtually freeze domestic spending--but would still record a $407 billion budget deficit.
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The U.S. trade deficit soared to a record of &#36;617.7 billion last year as Americans' appetite for all things foreign, from crude oil to cars, hit all-time highs. The United States even rang up a deficit in farm goods as imports of wine, cheese and other food products hit a record.
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WASHINGTON : The US government is expected to run a record 422-billion-US-dollar deficit for the fiscal year to September 30, the Congressional Budget Office revealed.
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President Bush was poised to officially ask Congress Monday for an estimated &#36;82 billion to cover the costs of continuing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and a myriad of other internationally related expenses, including training Iraqi security forces and aiding victims of the tsunami.
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THE US federal deficit will swell to a record $US422 billion ($608 billion) this election year but fall short of even more dire forecasts, Congress&#39; top budget analysts projected
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The U.S. budget deficit will balloon  to $2.29 trillion over the next decade, congressional analysts  said on Tuesday, a worse outlook than previously forecast and  one likely to stir election-year debate about President Bush's  economic policies.
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WASHINGTON_ Democrats are blaming President Bush for the record 2004 federal deficit of $413 billion, but Republicans say the figure shows that the economic and budget pictures are brightening.
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WASHINGTON -- The nation's budget deficit will drop to $205 billion in the fiscal year that ends in September, less than half of what it was at its peak in 2004, according to new White House estimates.
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The Congressional Budget Office is predicting the government will accumulate another $855 billion in deficits over the next decade, excluding the costs of President Bush's Social Security plan and ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The US budget deficit will hit a record $422 billion in the fiscal year that ends September 30. Tuesday&#39;s report from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office says the figure represents the largest gap
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The U.S. budget deficit probably hit  $415 billion in the 2004 fiscal year, a smaller number than  previously forecast but still the largest on record,  congressional budget analysts said on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON - Democrats are blaming President Bush for the record 2004 federal deficit of $413 billion, but Republicans say the figure shows that the economic and budget pictures are brightening.    The Treasury Department announced the figure Thursday, two weeks after the government's 2004 budget year ended and just 19 days from an Election Day in which Bush's economic and fiscal performance are pivotal issues...
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About &#36;92 million of the &#36;350 million that the Bush administration pledged for tsunami relief assistance has been spent so far, a U.S. government official said Friday.
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The federal government, running record budget deficits over the past two years, is projecting that it will have to borrow a record $147 billion in the first three months of 2005, the Treasury Department announced Monday.
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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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The federal budget deficit will  balloon to $2.29 trillion over the next decade, a worse outlook  than previously forecast according to a new report by  congressional analysts, a congressional source with knowledge  of the numbers said on Tuesday.