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

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

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He tried to blame someone else for the deficit.

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And the way to do it is to make sure that the deficit reduction plan is credible.

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The markets reacted well when the new government said it would start tackling the deficit immediately.

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He did not rule out tax hikes to cut the deficit, once the U.S.economy is growing.

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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,"

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On Wednesday, the Congressional Budget Office estimated the federal budget deficit this year at one trillion two hundred billion dollars.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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