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

VOA: special.2009.07.13

His budget forecasts a deficit of roughly $1.6 trillion.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

If he is confirmed by the Senate to the Cabinet-level post, Lew would inherit a deficit of more than $1 trillion for the first three-quarters of this fiscal year, with more deficits to come.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

"One of the things that everybody here is mindful of is that as we move forward dealing with this extraordinary economic crisis, we also have a deficit, a confidence gap when it comes to the American people.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

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

VOA: special.2010.01.02

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

We will also tell about a discovery involving patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

On Tuesday,Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a new budget to solve his state's deficit.

VOA: special.2009.07.31

"It doesn't mean we don't have problem. The fact is,we didn't need a rating agency to tell us that we need a balanced, long-term approach to deficit reduction.

VOA: special.2011.08.12

But the president says he inherited a trillion-dollar deficit.

VOA: special.2009.02.27

"The budget that would have no tax increases, a budget that is cutting spending we deal with the entire twenty-six billion dollar deficit, around fifteen billion dollars in cuts that we are making."

VOA: special.2009.07.31

A.D.H.D.is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

VOA: special.2009.09.16

"I think it is over When you think Greece is,what, it is a big deficit to be carrying, a big,big deficit."

VOA: standard.2010.05.13

"At a time when we're fighting two wars and facing a serious deficit, this would have been an inexcusable waste of money.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

Mr.Obama's budget numbers and deficit projections assume a return to moderate economic growth next year, with robust expansion in the years that follow.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

It is breathtaking. The new administration's budget for next year alone calls for a $1.2 trillion deficit nearly triple any past federal deficit,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

But at what cost? A year after the president took office,unemployment has reached double digits and the nation's deficit hit a record $1.4 trillion.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

The salary and pension cuts, plus a two percent increase in sales tax are aimed at reducing the country's deficit by four percent this year.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

But the party's popularity has dropped,in part because of a big financial deficit.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

But Mr.Obama's critics point out that the $100 million in cost cutting is miniscule - just a tiny fraction of one percent of the federal budget deficit.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

"Jack's challenge over the next few years is to use his extraordinary skill and experience to cut down that deficit and put our nation back on a fiscally responsible path.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

Britain's new cabinet agreed to cut the pay of all ministers by five percent, the first step in what is to be a major effort to cut Britain's national deficit.

VOA: standard.2010.05.13

The Kremlin leader says expenditures will exceed revenues for the first time in ten years, creating a budget deficit of no less than seven percent of the country's gross domestic product.

VOA: standard.2009.05.25

on a path to long-term, sustainable fiscal health. But he told reporters that achieving another objective, cutting the deficit in half as a percentage of gross domestic product within five years, would require "modifications,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

EU Finance Commissioner Olli Rehn made the call after a first round of talks with Greek officials amid growing market expectations of a trade-off between new deficit cutting steps and practical EU support for Greek borrowing.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01

Republican opposition was not a surprise, with all but one rejecting the bill on grounds that it would sharply increase the federal deficit, raise insurance costs, and give the government control of the health care system.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08