Sentence examples for deficit raise from inspiring English sources
Who or what is the biggest obstacle in the way of a grand bargain between the parties to slash the US budget deficit, raise the federal government's debt ceiling and, oh yes, prevent the world economy plunging into chaos come 2 August?
And as for the surest way to threaten our prosperity, having a -- a $1.9 trillion tax cut, almost half of which goes to the wealthy, and a $1 trillion Social Security privatization proposal, is the surest way to put our -- our budget into deficit, raise interest rates and put our prosperity at risk.
Some analysts are hailing these events as the triumph of capitalism; they hold forth the promise of a continuing decline in military spending that sooner or later will enable the United States to wipe out its budget deficit, raise its savings rate, eliminate its trade deficit and regain its world leadership.
HERE IS AN EXCERPT OF THE TRANSCRIPT: JOSEPH STIGLITZ: There are only two ways to address the budget deficit: raise revenues or cut spending.
We know we've got more work to do, but we now know for a fact that repealing the Affordable Care Act would increase the deficit, raise premiums for millions of Americans, and take insurance away from millions more".
The deficit raised concerns that the country's overall economy might have contracted.
Policy makers responded by shifting their focus to the budget deficit, raising taxes and cutting spending.
No politician there can forget 1990, when Governor Florio, a Democrat struggling to close a giant deficit, raised taxes.
France said it was likely to miss its target for narrowing the budget deficit, raising the prospects of deeper spending cuts and additional taxes.
Secondly, a one-percentage-point increase in the current-account deficit raises borrowing costs by 18 basis points, or $1.8 million in interest on every $1 billion in debt.
Mr. Kellogg said that since taking over in 1996 he had erased a $5 million deficit, raising $15 million to build the reserves to $10 million.
