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| Subject: TA-DA! US budget deficit at $1 trillion!!! Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:41 pm | |
| The US budget deficit has moved above $1 trillion (£616bn) for the first time - with three months of the financial year remaining, official data show.
The government stepped up spending to counter the recession, and the bailout of financial institutions has taken a huge chunk out of government finances.
Falling tax revenues and unemployment benefit spending have also contributed.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8148875.stm
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