Ireland's bank bailout and government spending have expanded this year's deficit to more than thirty percent of gross domestic product.

VOA: special.2010.11.26

This year's federal deficit is already predicted to be the highest in relation to the economy since World War Two.

VOA: special.2009.07.10

In October,Greece said its budget deficit would reach almost thirteen percent of its gross domestic product last year.

VOA: special.2010.02.12

Wisconsin's newly elected governor, Scott Walker, says limits are needed on labor unions to help cut a deficit in the state budget.

VOA: special.2011.02.25

However,the Obama administration says the plan will cut the nation's budget deficit by more than one hundred billion dollars during that period.

VOA: special.2010.03.26

On Wednesday, Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen announced measures to cut the biggest budget deficit in Europe.

VOA: special.2010.11.26

Mr. Obama says his team is beginning discussions with members of Congress about how to deal with the deficit and control federal spending.

VOA: special.2009.01.09

The changes are expected to cost about nine hundred forty billion dollars over ten years, but also help reduce the federal budget deficit.

VOA: special.2010.03.24

Democrats in Congress say spending for the new bill will not add to the federal budget deficit.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

And he says his team has already identified two trillion dollars in reductions to help cut the deficit in half within four years.

VOA: special.2009.02.27

Many banks failed. And the federal deficit reached a record one point four trillion dollars.

VOA: special.2010.01.02

And he says it can all be done without adding to the federal budget deficit.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

But even after the economy recovers, the deficit is around four percent of the economy.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

The White House budget office on Tuesday lowered its estimate for this year's federal deficit.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

Pittsburgh was the only one not predicting a deficit for two thousand nine or ten.

VOA: special.2009.07.13

It also predicts for this year the biggest deficit, as a share of the economy, since World War Two: one trillion seven hundred fifty billion dollars.

VOA: special.2009.02.27

But its deficit is around four times the level permitted by the euro group.

VOA: special.2010.02.12

Researchers have been looking for the cause or causes of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

VOA: special.2009.09.29