The more that the president highlights deficit concerns, the more concerned the public gets, and the more his advisers warn him that the public is concerned.
The Obama administration will put deficit concerns on hold while it fights the economic crisis.
Right now, fears about budget deficits are overblown — but that doesn't mean that we should completely ignore deficit concerns.
Prevention can be a part -- maybe a significant one -- of a long-term solution to federal deficit concerns.
President Obama has repeatedly called for additional measures like infrastructure projects and tax incentives, which have been met with opposition from Republicans over deficit concerns.
The administration, which has asked for $2.8 billion for the AIDS fund for 2005, says it is gearing up to meet the president's goal of $15 billion over five years, though some Congressional Republicans concede that budget deficit concerns will probably scale back both initiatives.
Brazil needs $25 billion to $30 billion in new foreign investment each year to offset a chronic current-account deficit; concerns that investment will fall far short this year have driven Brazil's currency, the real, down more than 25percentt since January, fueling inflation.
Balancing deficit concerns with its desire to improve relations with businesses, the Obama administration wants any corporate tax overhaul to be "revenue neutral" - that is, a new system should bring in no more or less money from businesses than the old one did.
Daragh Maher, a senior strategist at HSBC, said that it was important for EU governments to do more to promote growth but that they faced a "tricky balancing act" because of deficit concerns.
His deficit concerns go way back.
