There are real problems to be concerned about, but the federal deficit doesn't measure those problems. One thing that neoclassical economists are concerned about is intergenerational transfers.
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20 Mar 09 - US Federal Deficit soars past previous estimates (Washington Post); 20 Mar 09 - Congressional Budget Office: US Deficit ballooning to record $1.7 trillion (Christian Science Monitor); 17 Mar 09 - National Debt hits record $11 Trillion (CBS News);
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Deficit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A budget deficit occurs when an entity spends more money than it takes in. The opposite of a budget deficit is a budget surplus . Debt is essentially an accumulated flow of deficits. In other word...
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United States public debt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The United States government debt , commonly called the " public debt " or the " national debt ", is the amount of money owed by the Federal government of the United States to holders of U.S. de...
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Year GDP-US Federal Deficit-fed ... US Federal Deficit As Percent Of GDP; Fiscal Years 1900 to 2010 ... Federal Deficit-fed pct GDP...
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First, I want to briefly mention that today we've released the actual budget numbers for the fiscal year that ended on September the 30th. These numbers show that we have now achieved our goal of cutting the federal budget deficit in half, and we've done it three years ahead of schedule.
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The federal government keeps two sets of books. The set it promotes to the public has a healthier bottom line: a $318 billion deficit in 2005. The set the government doesn't talk about is the audited financial statement produced by the government's... ... The federal government keeps two sets of books. ... Surplus or deficit?
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WASHINGTON — The federal deficit for the first two months of the new budget year is piling up faster than last year's record imbalance. ... The November deficit totaled $120.3 billion, the Treasury Department said Thursday. That's less than analysts had expected and down from a $176.4 billion imbalance in October.
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