In other words, unlike most deficit reduction packages, sequestration would actually reduce the deficit.
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Shrinking the budget deficit will help shrink the foreign trade deficit and vice versa.
Because the very same people that proposed a deficit commission then filibustered the deficit commission.
This legislation is not only deficit-neutral, it actually helps the deficit over the next 10 years.
The arithmetic, however, makes our growing trade deficit inevitable as long as our budget deficit is growing.
Historically, the United States, whenever it has a deficit, it finances that deficit through the sale of treasuries.
It was the eighth consecutive monthly deficit following a record monthly deficit of 1.63 trillion yen in January.
The United States currently suffers from three deficits: a fiscal deficit, a defense deficit, and an energy independence deficit.
Lower tax revenues pressures the U.S. deficit, which is likely to hit its deficit ceiling before the November election.
Barcelona has never overcome a 2-0 deficit in the Champions League, but once did it with a 3-0 deficit.
As with an external deficit, adjustment to a related internal deficit is ultimately the same under any exchange rate regime.
Germany breached the euro's budget-deficit ceiling of 3% of GDP, but eliminated its deficit by the eve of the crisis.
But we don't want to act too rapidly to bring down the deficit because that would exacerbate the jobs deficit.
Each supports Mr Sarkozy's deficit-reduction targets, but refuses to approve his plan to write a deficit rule into the constitution.
The interest rate on the deficit is negative and thus reducing the deficit will cost the US government forgone interest payments.
Oil is the single item that contributes most to the deficit, but it is not the main source of the deficit.
Since the current-account balance equals the net saving of the private and public sectors, a budget deficit boosts the external deficit.
We don't propose them because we've got a deficit reduction plan that is there: halving the deficit over the next four years.
The saving from localisation is a vital contribution to deficit reduction and it is essential we have a credible deficit reduction plan.
For decades, we have piled deficit upon deficit, mortgaging our future and our children's future for the temporary convenience of the present.
Italy, as these figures show, is around and about without a primary deficit even while it has a fiscal deficit.
The trade deficit actually widened in October, with the deficit with emerging markets deteriorating as much as that with the euro zone.
High international crude prices have exacerbated the government's fuel subsidy expenditures contributing to a higher fiscal deficit, and a worsening current account deficit.
Even then the peak Reagan deficit was only 6% of GDP in 1983, compared to President Obama's first term deficit average of 8.7%.
On the other hand deficit hawks like Leon Panetta wanted to wait, separating the budget and health care, focusing first on deficit reduction.
Market is now focused on Italy, which has a high level of debt and low growth, but a small deficit (no primary deficit).
Thanks to high oil prices, America's trade deficit widened in January (see chart), but if oil is excluded, the deficit is shrinking fast.
The trade deficit for the first FY half was JPY 3.2 trillion (USD 41 billion), the largest deficit ever for a half year.
In fact, it has been recommended, by economist Woody Brock, that if we are to have deficit spending, it should be productive deficit spending.
Furthermore, the debt and deficit have been creating private sector wealth, not draining it (see Why You Should Learn to Love the Deficit).
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