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US trade deficit widens to $42.3 billion in May (AP)

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:11:29 +0000

AP – The U.S. trade deficit widened in May to the highest level in 18 months as a rebounding economy pushed up demand for imports of foreign-made cars, computers and clothing.

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Guv fires up $1.60 tax increase on cigarettes to close deficit

admin — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 09:42:02 +0000

Gov. Paterson gave the Legislature another take-it-or-leave-it proposal Friday – this time over a whopping hike in cigarette taxes.

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Jobless aid bill hits deficit wall in Senate (AP)

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:10:45 +0000

AP – President Barack Obama’s plea for more stimulus spending as insurance against a double-dip recession hit a roadblock in the Senate on Wednesday, the victim of election-year anxiety over huge federal deficits.

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China’s $7.24B March trade deficit 1st in 6 years (AP)

admin — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 06:57:59 +0000

AP – China reported its first monthly trade deficit in nearly six years in March, a shift expected to be shortlived that may give Beijing only a slight respite from pressure to revalue its currency.

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Congressional estimates show grim deficit picture (AP)

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:19:57 +0000

AP – A new congressional report released Friday says the United States’ long-term fiscal woes are even worse than predicted by President Barack Obama’s grim budget submission last month.

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Obama budget: Record spending, record deficit (AP)

admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:43:46 +0000

AP – Spelling out painful priorities, President Barack Obama urged Congress on Monday to quickly approve a huge new shot of spending for recession relief and job creation, part of a record $3.8 trillion budget that would boost the deficit beyond any in the nation’s history while only slowly beginning to put Americans back to work.

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Obama: Cutting deficit as important as job growth (AP)

admin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:52:40 +0000

AP – Trimming budget deficits is as important as creating jobs to sustain the economic recovery, President Barack Obama said Saturday.

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Senate rejects bipartisan task force to tackle deficit (AP)

admin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:32:15 +0000

AP – The Senate Tuesday rejected a plan backed by President Barack Obama to create a bipartisan task force to tackle the federal deficit this year despite glaring new figures showing the enormity of the red-ink threat.

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Senate rejects Obama-backed deficit task force (AP)

admin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:06:14 +0000

AP – The Senate has rejected a plan backed by President Barack Obama to create a bipartisan task force to tackle the deficit this year.

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CBO: Federal deficit projected at $1.35T (AP)

admin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:45:23 +0000

AP – The latest congressional budget estimates out Tuesday predict a $1.35 trillion deficit for this year as the economy continues to slowly recover from the recession.

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