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.

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Both Republicans and Democrats have admitted that any economic stimulus plan of this scale will mean a return to deficit spending.

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If economic growth does not return, deficit reduction proves too painful or interest rates are much higher than we assume, the debt ratio is likely to spiral upwards until default becomes all but inevitable.

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The President will lay out an economic plan next month and Congress will return to tackle the budget deficit and unemployment.

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