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

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

VOA: special.2010.02.12

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

VOA: special.2010.11.26

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

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

VOA: special.2010.08.12

That reduced the monthly trade deficit to the lowest level in 5 years.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

"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

In the meantime, the U.S.federal deficit exceeded $1 trillion last year, and is projected to do so again this year.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

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

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

The Commerce Department said Wednesday the U.S.trade deficit grew by almost one-fifth in June.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

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

Tuesday's upbeat economic data stand in contrast to gloomy budget deficit projections.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

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

Analyst Kerry Brown, of the London-based research group Chatham House, compared Britain's deficit to that of Greece, where financial problems have led to massive cuts in spending and deep social unrest.

VOA: standard.2010.05.13

The Saints made the most of their first Super Bowl appearance in the team's 43-year history, overcoming an early 10-point deficit to upset the favored Colts at Sun Life Stadium in Miami.

VOA: standard.2010.02.08

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

He also repeated pledges that health care reform can be achieved without adding to the federal deficit, saying savings will be achieved by eliminating hundreds of billions of dollars in waste and abuse.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

A statement from fiscally-conservative Democrats who forced changes in House legislation said they are committed to meaningful reform, but reiterated concern that legislation not add to the federal deficit and control health costs in the long-term.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

The Tea Party movement, which takes its name from a significant American Revolutionary War event, played a significant role in drumming up grassroots opposition to President Barack Obama's health care reform plan and in raising concerns about the country's growing budget deficit.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

Analysts say that Republicans have had some success in raising doubts about the Obama health care initiative by focusing on the impact of the plan on the growing federal budget deficit and by raising the specter of too much government interference in the health care sector.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

Or are we going to make this vote a victory for the American people?" The legislation the House will vote on is estimated to cost But because of savings in some areas, the bipartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says it could reduce the size of the federal deficit by $138 billion, something the president is hoping will attracting support from wavering Democrats.

VOA: standard.2010.03.19