noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a budget deficit (= when a government has spent more money than it has )
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The country has a budget deficit of over $4 billion.
a trade deficit (= the amount by which the total goods one country sells to others is less than the amount it buys from them )
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The foreign trade deficit widened by 42% compared with the previous year.
trade deficit
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
annual
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This will include both initial restoration work and the annual deficit on running the house and opening it to the public.
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Our annual deficit this year is expected to be more than $ 120 billion.
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In 1829 a Royal Commission of Enquiry, appointed because of recurrent annual deficits , began an investigation of the colony's affairs.
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An agreement is expected to send bond yields lower by curbing the supply of securities the Treasury sells to finance annual deficits .
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With most of its boards now running annual deficits , it is thought tough cost-cutting steps may be taken.
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Strong consumer demand for imports should push the annual trade deficit in goods alone to $ 165. 3 billion.
big
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How many hospitals, such as Watford, have big deficits ?
current
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In the long run, persistent current account deficits are difficult and costly to sustain and are damaging to an economy.
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For a current account deficit on the balance of payments reflects a shortage of national savings, in relation to investment.
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The truth of the matter is that the current account deficit is a touchstone for the success of the Thatcher revolution.
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Mr Lawson is in danger of striking the market as complacent about the current account deficit .
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Here we have an economy that is running a current account deficit of 4 % a year.
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With the United States running a current account deficit of staggering dimensions, the most likely candidate is not hard to spot.
federal
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The federal deficit is at a 23-year low.
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Because the rest of the government borrows from it, it masks the size of the federal deficit .
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Dole, by contrast, did best among voters who listed the federal deficit as their chief concern.
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Though sharply reduced in the last couple of years, federal budget deficits continue.
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But Clinton showed that hundreds of federal programs will be on a strict diet during the struggle to eliminate the federal deficit .
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As we will discover in Chapter 15, in recent years large Federal deficits have caused the public debt to rise sharply.
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Dole was largely supported by older and wealthier voters, who said the federal budget deficit was their top concern.
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The Act would have forced across-the-board cutbacks if the federal deficit grew too high.
fiscal
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The new measures would effectively add some 4,050 million rupees to the fiscal deficit .
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The new government got this year's budget through the opposition-controlled Congress only by agreeing to increase the fiscal deficit .
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A rising inflationary trend and a persistent fiscal deficit during 1990 were exacerbated by the continuing civil war and rising petrol prices.
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On Sept. 15 the government raised petroleum prices by 18 percent in an attempt to reduce the fiscal deficit .
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They agreed that countries with fiscal and current-account deficits should reduce budget deficits and increase private savings.
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I am delighted to see that he has also dissociated us from the objectionable features of article 104B regarding fiscal deficits .
huge
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The Treasury had run up a huge deficit .
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State education spending began to drop under the Dukakis administration in 1988, when huge budget deficits caused cutbacks across the board.
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But it already has a large current account deficit and a huge household sector deficit.
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Taxes soared as the government tried to cover the huge deficits its own policies had created.
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But only about 2000 donor hearts become available, leaving a huge deficit .
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The center chalked up a huge deficit last year after falling short on fund raising and ticket sales.
large
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Yet shrinking economies mean falling tax revenues and so larger budget deficits and more government debt.
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Indeed, we have had large trade deficits for the last I 2 years.
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Today, with highly mobile international capital, large deficits can be sustained for much longer.
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As we will discover in Chapter 15, in recent years large Federal deficits have caused the public debt to rise sharply.
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Thanks to the interim school-financing plan, North Forest is not burdened by a large deficit .
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They have demanded provisions for imposing fines on countries with large deficits after the euro is created.
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Following a large budget deficit in 1990 the Minister of Finance and Commerce announced plans to reduce public spending.
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It had eliminated the large budget deficits of the early 1980s and was in fiscal balance.
overall
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Despite the increase in exports, the overall trade deficit rose S$4,900 million to S$14,600 million in 1990.
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The main cause of inflation was the overall public-sector budget deficit .
projected
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Tax increases were introduced on a wide range of goods and services to help alleviate the projected budget deficit .
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The projected deficit reduction depended on government revenue rising 22 percent in 1989, and on spending increasing by only 15 percent.
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Revenue was increased from 16,000 million rials in 1989, but the projected deficit was nevertheless up by 10 percent.
public
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The size of the public sector deficit is one of them, the unemployment rate is not.
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Candidates for a single currency must limit their public deficits to 3 percent of gross domestic product by the end of 1997.
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In 1994, the public deficit represented 6 percent of national output.
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Tietmeyer said continued reduction in the public deficit is another plank of reducing long-term inflationary pressures.
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The Juppe government has, however, convinced the bank that it is serious about lowering the public deficit .
small
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With the economy growing so quickly, there is a case for a smaller deficit or for a surplus.
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But smaller deficits brought on either by spending cuts or higher taxes reduce purchasing power.
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A slightly smaller deficit was budgeted for 1990.
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account
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Second, it attracts hot money into the country to finance the current account deficit because investors perceive no currency risk.
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In the long run, persistent current account deficits are difficult and costly to sustain and are damaging to an economy.
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Mr Lawson is in danger of striking the market as complacent about the current account deficit .
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In the long run the dollar must continually fall until the current account deficit has been eliminated.
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Here we have an economy that is running a current account deficit of 4 % a year.
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The current account deficit has steadily expanded since August, when it narrowed to A $ 1. 4 billion.
attention
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Other terms used for this collection of symptoms are minimal brain dysfunction and attention deficit disorder.
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Of the work-inhibited students, is it possible that this attention deficit may be related to their difficulty in completing assignments?
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If an attention deficit is suspected as the cause of academic and / or social problems, an evaluation should be conducted.
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What might be asked of the teacher and parents to determine if an attention deficit exists?
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And they gave him every diagnosis-from sociopathy to thought disorder, attention deficit disorder, conduct disorder.
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Coaches are always yelling at referees, remarking on their visual impairments and attention deficit disorders.
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Does he have a subtle learning disability, an attention deficit , or some type of physical or neurological problem?
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And if there seems to be no improvement at all, consider attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
budget
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Otherwise Congress would have to face the consequences of automatic across-the-board cuts under the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings budget deficit reduction law.
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It runs counter to his career-long concern with budget deficits .
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The government devalued last year but has remained under pressure for its failure to cut the budget deficit .
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Hernández Colón stated that the budget deficit for 1990 was an estimated US$200 million.
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But that raises a new problem: the federal budget deficit .
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But Mr Clinton will win plaudits from most economists if he carries through plans to cut the budget deficit .
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With anticipated revenue of taka105,500 million, the budget deficit would be taka77,300 million.
disorder
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Other terms used for this collection of symptoms are minimal brain dysfunction and attention deficit disorder .
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And they gave him every diagnosis-from sociopathy to thought disorder , attention deficit disorder, conduct disorder.
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Coaches are always yelling at referees, remarking on their visual impairments and attention deficit disorders .
reduction
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Otherwise Congress would have to face the consequences of automatic across-the-board cuts under the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings budget deficit reduction law.
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Although money is technically building up in the trust funds, a portion often is withheld as a part of deficit reduction .
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But the public is persuaded that deficit reduction comes first, which spells austerity for science and much else.
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Bonds began falling late yesterday after talks aimed at crafting a seven-year deficit reduction plan broke off.
trade
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A not insignificant dent in our trade deficit , and a loss to the Inland Revenue.
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Figure 8-1 shows the size of the merchandise trade deficit .
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A trade deficit in manufactured goods, unthinkable until recent times, has become normal.
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In 1996, the trade deficit hit $ 39. 5 billion.
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The double digit inflation and growing trade deficit were the government's most difficult economic problems.
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While accounting identities always hold, they say nothing about bilateral trade deficits or surpluses.
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Despite the increase in exports, the overall trade deficit rose S$4,900 million to S$14,600 million in 1990.
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Ironically, they are as much products of the context as the trade deficit and merger mania are.
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cover
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Public enterprises run little risk of bankruptcy, and if targets are not met, governments usually step in to cover deficits .
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Deficits questioned Kaplan also objects to endowment funds being used to cover operating deficits .
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It would also cover a deficit of about $ 45, 000.
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The provinces needed to sell shares to raise money to cover budget deficits , traders said.
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Taxes soared as the government tried to cover the huge deficits its own policies had created.
cut
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Galley cut the deficit in half at 7: 13 on their third power play.
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Boston cut the deficit to 3-1 when right wing Sandy Moger scored on the power play for his sixth goal.
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Allcock scored a four to cut the deficit to 11-6.
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He hit four in consecutive possessions to cut the deficit to 91-81 with 6: 23 left.
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But Humphreys cut the deficit with a soaring penalty.
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The hike was expected to cut the deficit by $ 275 billion over five years.
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The government devalued last year but has remained under pressure for its failure to cut the budget deficit .
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How can Republicans be angry because Clinton cut the deficit in half?
cutting
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Clinton was cutting the budget deficit .
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His own party has its doubts; congressional Democrats may not accept his plans for cutting the deficit .
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He is thought to be a man who is going to increase taxes, not one who is cutting the deficit .
eliminate
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But Clinton showed that hundreds of federal programs will be on a strict diet during the struggle to eliminate the federal deficit .
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It had eliminated the large budget deficits of the early 1980s and was in fiscal balance.
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But, ah, what might have been, if we did not have this political fixation on reducing or eliminating deficits .
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They are divided for months over how to eliminate the budget deficit .
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But he has not specified which government programs would be reduced to pay for the tax cuts and eliminate the deficit .
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But pressure to eliminate the budget deficit , said Vest, is likely to lead to diminished help from Washington.
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Most money managers are convinced President Clinton and congressional Republicans will strike a deal to eliminate the federal budget deficit .
expect
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Next year, before privatisation receipts, the Red Book expects the Budget deficit to be £38 billion.
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Including the expected 1995 deficit , Olivetti has lost 1. 8 trillion lire of investors' money.
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The hike was expected to cut the deficit by $ 275 billion over five years.
face
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It is facing a £40m deficit by the end of March.
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A lesser squad, after three earlier defeats, would have crumbled facing an 18-4 deficit .
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For the first time since the mid-1960s, Bonn faced a trade deficit .
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The party, facing a deficit of £1.3million, must cut costs by 30 percent in the next financial year.
finance
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Whenever the government runs a budget deficit , it will have to finance that deficit by borrowing.
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An agreement is expected to send bond yields lower by curbing the supply of securities the Treasury sells to finance annual deficits .
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Second, it attracts hot money into the country to finance the current account deficit because investors perceive no currency risk.
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According to Cadilhe, the then Finance Minister, the deficit was entirely explicable in terms of the need to meet interest payments.
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At some point the United States will lose its ability to finance its trade deficit .
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This was partly because the increasing integration of world capital markets has made it easier to finance current-account deficits .
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In future they would no longer be allowed to finance public-sector deficits or loan applications from large debtors.
grow
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I see a growing trade deficit and a reliance on overseas sources of innovation.
help
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They say it would be an inexpensive way to help slash the budget deficit .
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Nor do they point out that the tax increase helped reduce the deficit .
increase
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The new government got this year's budget through the opposition-controlled Congress only by agreeing to increase the fiscal deficit .
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How could the federal government make up the revenue drain that would result to avoid raising other taxes or increasing the deficit ?
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The increased deficit is to be financed by borrowing on the domestic market, largely from the domestic banking system.
produce
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Puerto Rico produced an increased deficit for the year despite a good profit in the fourth quarter.
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Deep tax cuts enacted in 1981, as the supply siders had demanded, only produced soaring federal deficits .
project
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The president began with a budget that projected deficits of $ 200 billion through the end of the decade.
reduce
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Even Sam Smith's valiant attempts to reduce the deficit came to nothing.
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Nor do they point out that the tax increase helped reduce the deficit .
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A left footed shot by Keys increased the lead before Fenwick reduced the deficit by converting Pratt's cross.
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As for this year, one-time items will reduce the 1996 budget deficit .
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New medium-term targets aimed at progressively reducing the public-sector deficit over the following three years were also adopted.
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The higher price would encourage badly needed conservation; the revenues would meanwhile serve to reduce the deficit .
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Before the referendum, the chances of the government doing anything decisive to reduce the deficit were shrinking fast.
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But, ah, what might have been, if we did not have this political fixation on reducing or eliminating deficits .
run
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Whenever the government runs a budget deficit , it will have to finance that deficit by borrowing.
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Neza was essentially run on deficit financing, said Treasurer Soledad Patino.
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The idea proved such a success that the Government ran up a considerable deficit on the scheme.
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When the federal government runs a deficit , it borrows the extra money by selling more Treasury bonds to the public.
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Here we have an economy that is running a current account deficit of 4 % a year.
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Another friction point is the red-ink state budget, which has been running a deficit of several billion dollars.
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With the United States running a current account deficit of staggering dimensions, the most likely candidate is not hard to spot.
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Paris also wants the freedom to run deficits when this is the best way to fight unemployment.
show
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The trade balance in 1989 showed a deficit of US$282,000,000.
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Commerce Department figures released last week show the deficit jumped 65 percent, compared with 1998.
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The balance of trade showed a deficit in 1988 of US$699,300,000.
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United States trade figures for the second quarter of 1971 showed a deficit for the first time.
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The revised budget for 1989/90 showed a deficit of 1,367 million kyats, compared with the planned surplus of 7,000,000 kyats.
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Figures show an operating deficit of £336,203.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The Chargers overcame a 13-point deficit to win 38-30.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But a spiraling deficit and weakened franc forced him to adopt austerity policies in 1983.
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Dole himself voted for tax hikes in 1982 and 1990 to reduce the deficit .
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If government does nothing, deficits expand rapidly.
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Quinn explains that spending on roads and other infrastructure accounts for most of the deficit .
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The balances on their operating statements can not be called profits or losses, rather they are called surpluses or deficits.
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The campaign also argues that Britain's trade deficit is unsustainable.
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These are the arctic fox and hen harrier assemblages, and there are three factors that suggest this deficit may be significant.