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By Barry Wood Budget director Joshua Bolton says the deficit will be some $70 billion less than projected because a strong economy is bringing in more tax revenue. Instead of the $521 billion shortfal

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. federal government registered a budget deficit of about 69.6 billion U.S. dollars in July, bringing the total budget gap for the first 10 months of this fiscal year near the 1-trillion-dollar mark. The aggrega

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Spain is getting ready to start the new year with a new round of austerity measures, hoping to contain a growing deficit. The country's new government announced $11.5 billion in fresh spending cuts Friday, saying the budget was in worse shape than th