It said the budget deficit will probably be about 1.5%, nearly twice the 0.8% Italy's government has promised its European Union partners.

它表示，预算赤字可能会达到1.5%左右，几乎是意大利政府向欧盟伙伴承诺的0.8%的两倍。

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At the moment, as you may have noticed, the U.S. government is running a large budget deficit.

正如你所了解，美国目前拥有大量的预算赤字。

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The territory has an extremely narrow tax base. But with its budget deficit ballooning, the government is considering the introduction of a new duty on goods and services, writes.

香港地区的税基非常狭窄，但随着预算赤字不断膨胀，港府目前正考虑引入一种新的商品服务税。

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Greece has said it would reduced the government budget deficit from 12.7 percent to 8.7 percent during the next nine months.

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Republicans assert that an expanded government rolewould threaten the current private system, separate from the federally administered Medicare system for the elderly, and add to the government budget deficit.

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Tea Party supporters want to cut taxes, government spending and the federal budget deficit.

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Cyprus needs cash to bail out its banks and patch a government budget deficit.

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The film, set in 1981, even features a contemporary clip of Ronald Reagan promising to reduce the government budget deficit.

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The stimulus programs and bank bailouts, however, resulted in a government budget deficit of 5.3% of GDP in 2010 that contrasted sharply with a surplus of 0.7% in 2008.

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