Paring US budget deficit should be top priority: economists
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Trimming the record US budget deficit should be the top economic priority for the second term of President George W. Bush, a survey of economists showed.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan says the growing US budget deficit could destabilize the economy. Fed Governor Susan Bies says Congress spends like it&#39;s dipping into a ``a cookie jar.
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The deficit in the current account represents the amount the U.S. must borrow from foreigners to cover the shortfall between exports and imports.
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US President George W Bush has said he intends to &#39;send a signal&#39; to financial markets that he is serious about a strong dollar by tackling the US budget deficit.
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US consumers' debts are an "accident waiting to happen", a leading economist  warns.
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A top European Union official Monday urged the United States to curb its deficits to help bolster the sagging dollar amid fears a strengthening euro would stifle Europe's fledgling economic recovery.
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The budget deficit for the current budget year will jump to about $250 billion, the Congressional Budget Office estimated Wednesday, citing the weakening economy
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Treasury Secretary John Snow pledged to reduce the US budget deficit, blamed by Europeans for the euro&#39;s gains against the dollar and cited as a risk to global growth by ministers from 20 industrial and emerging economies.
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Berlin - The United States (US) Treasury Secretary John Snow has flown into Berlin at the weekend on a budget flight - and pledged to cut the US deficit in half.
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U.S. budget deficits pose a problem for both the domestic and world economies, but there seems little political will to fix them, Federal Reserve Board Governor Edward Gramlich said on Saturday.
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Investors' appetite for U.S. assets will eventually dwindle and the United States must reduce its budget deficit to prevent major economic damage, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Friday, in remarks that hit the dollar hard.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow said on Wednesday that cutting a record budget deficit was a top priority for the second-term Bush administration and challenged Europe to play its part in helping trim the U.S. trade gap by boosting its own economic growth.
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Robust U.S. economic growth will likely continue into 2005, but authorities should cut the budget deficit to reduce the risk to growth, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Rodrigo Rato said.
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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.
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An aging population will put significant stresses on the budget deficit over the next three decades, a problem that could be solved by raising the retirement age, Federal Reserve Chief Alan Greenspan said in a speech Friday.
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The widening US current account deficit will require a decline in the value of the dollar, a top Federal Reserve official said on Thursday.
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LONDON  - US Treasury Secretary John Snow cited a &quot;shared responsibility&quot; to fight global economic imbalances while acknowledging that big US deficits need to be tackled.