Sentence examples for third of the deficit from inspiring English sources

Fixed-income investments finance roughly a third of the deficit.

In the White House commission's proposal, tax revenue would cover only about one-third of the deficit reduction; spending cuts would have to account for two-thirds.

More than two-thirds of the deficit in goods is with the EU.

The surplus in services is around a sixth of the deficit in goods.

President Obama has just claimed that he has eliminated two-thirds of the deficit.

That's less than one-sixth of the deficit reduction achieved by a 2percentt cap on tax benefits.

You might say that TfL gives concessions to young people – yes but these are only about £55m or one-tenth of the deficit.

But despite all the publicity that Mr. McGreevey's belt-tightening has generated, the cuts announced so far will save less than $200 million -- roughly one-fifteenth of the deficit he must eliminate by June 30.

Despite all the publicity that his belt-tightening has generated, the cuts announced so far will save less than $200 million -- roughly one-fifteenth of the deficit he must eliminate by June 30.

But Democratic House leaders and Republican Senate leaders accurately pointed out that nine-tenths of the deficit would have remained had Congress accepted every one of Mr. Reagan's spending proposals.

Obama could probably triumph in a short-term confrontation, pushing through higher tax rates on the rich that wouldn't even produce enough revenue to cover a tenth of the deficit.