Sentence examples for deficit has ballooned from inspiring English sources

The trade deficit has ballooned to $6 billion.

Bernstein rejects the argument that the deficit has ballooned largely because of domestic social spending.

But the oil price is falling, and the fiscal deficit has ballooned to 17% of GDP.

The government deficit has ballooned to almost 3percentt of gross domestic product this year.

In reality, unemployment has risen, GDP growth has slowed, and the budget deficit has ballooned.

The government budget deficit has ballooned, forcing leaders to search for deep cuts.

Mr. Kato said the budget deficit had ballooned because the government had delayed passing higher prices to domestic consumers.

But last week the authority said the deficit had ballooned by an additional $621 million this year and $1 billion next year — making the rescue even more urgent.

Tesco said that since February its pension deficit had ballooned from £3.2bn to £5.9bn due to the collapse in bond yields after Britain voted to leave the European Union.

When Trinity Mirror announced its 2011 results in April, it revealed that it had agreed to cut pension fund payments by almost £70m as the publisher's pension deficit had ballooned by almost half.

Earlier this month, Tesco said its pension deficit had ballooned from £3.2bn in February to £5.9bn, with much of the fall due to the panic after Britain voted to leave the EU.