Sentence examples for deficit widen from inspiring English sources

Brazil is struggling both to secure its new-found economic stability and to absorb the impact of a unilateral trade opening that has seen imports soar and its trade deficit widen.

Hopson said that £10m fines have led to one trust that was on course to break even to instead post a £10m deficit and another to see its deficit widen from £5m to £15m.

This week police in Johannesburg's Thokoza township had to fire rubber bullets and squirt tear gas to disperse stone-throwing protesters railing against unemployment and the government's failure to deliver services.Despite dipping state revenues, the government says it will not cut spending, letting the budget deficit widen instead.

The budget deficit widened in October.

Israel's trade deficit widened in the year to February.

However, the 12-month deficit widened to $439 billion.

[A6.] Trade Deficit Widened in May The trade deficit widened slightly more than expected in May, to a record $31.04 billion, as both exports and imports declined.

The fiscal deficit rose sharply, the trade deficit widened, and foreign debt quadrupled during the 1980s.

Britain's goods deficit widened sharply to £3.0 billion in June, the largest deficit since December 2001.

With the overall trade deficit widening, securities are among the most significant American exports.

The nation's trade deficit widened to $46 billion in March, largely because of oil imports.