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Written by The Hill Press   
Thursday, 22 August 2019 10:14

donald-trump-deficitIncrease double over past 50 year average.


WASHINGTON, D.C. - The federal government will rack up $12.2 trillion in deficits through 2029, according to a new projection from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), an $809 billion increase from its last projection in May.

CBO, Congress’s official budgeting scorekeeper, said that the deficits would average 4.7 percent of GDP through the next decade, a significant increase from the 2.9 percent average over the past 50 years.

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