deficit

Although not ideal for the deficit, those factors will support consumer spending.

The country's budget deficit stood at 4.5% of GDP at the end of last year with debt at 104.7% of GDP.

On average, deficits will amount to 6.1% of GDP over the next decade, the nonpartisan group projected.

The Cowboys just came back from a 21-0 deficit to stun the Eagles, and now the two teams will meet in a Thanksgiving game that will have enormous playoff implications—for both of them.

But here’s a possible constructive scenario: In a few months there will be a new Fed chair who will probably attempt to grow the U.S. out of these unsustainable fiscal deficits.