budget deficit
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After the budget scandal erupted in 2024, the IMF found Senegal's 2023 budget deficit was 12.3 percent of GDP, when the last government had said it was 4.9 percent.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
And the nearly $1.8 trillion federal budget deficit so far this fiscal year only reinforces the borrowing need.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
Lower borrowing costs would make it easier for the government to narrow its budget deficit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
But the boom is reverberating beyond the tech-centric Bay Area: the money has also helped ease the state government’s chronic budget deficit by helping push income-tax revenues well above forecasts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Through knowledge, political will, and perhaps some luck, we seem to have tamed inflation and the budget deficit.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
