An increase in the budget deficit boosts aggregate demand.

预算赤字增加使总需求扩大。

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A huge increase in private saving has been offset by a leap in the budget deficit.

预算赤字的快速攀升弥补了私人储蓄急剧增加而导致的缺口。

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Given the size of the slump, a temporary increase in the budget deficit is justifiable.

鉴于经济的不景气的规模之大，临时增加的预算赤字可以理解。

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

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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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There was a slight reduction in the budget deficit but targets were missed.

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This is because the basic analysis is that an increase in the budget deficit provides a fiscal boost to aggregate demand.

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So to satisfy the accounting rule, all the adjustment in the private-sector deficit had to be accommodated by a rise in the budget deficit.

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