Synonyms for budget deficit
bud·get deficit

Princeton's WordNet

1. budget deficitnoun

   an excess of expenditures over revenues

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1. Deputy Prime Minister Paulo Portas:

   I think the Portuguese will have very good sense in who The Socialists choose on Oct. 4 and The Socialists will avoid any kind of risk of returning to the causes and consequences of what happened in 2011, no society goes through what the Portuguese went through without learning its due lessons and consequences. The Socialists had a serious budget deficit and debt problem in 2011.

2. Capital Economics:

   In good times, the oil price soared and they had to spend money on subsidies, which resulted in a big budget deficit, which is the opposite of what you want to happen, hopefully now they'll be able to manage fiscal policy in a much more sensible way.

3. Kevin Brady:

   House Democrats are celebrating all these higher taxes, all this government price setting, none of which by the way, are going to lower inflation, lower the budget deficit, or lower global temperatures for the most part over the next century. But who in their right mind raises taxes in a recession?

4. Tom Price:

   Every percentage point of added GDP growth reduces the budget deficit by $ 3 trillion over the next decade.

5. Li Huiyong:

   Fixed-asset investment growth picked up due to stronger real estate investment, the economy still needs support from loose monetary policy and expansionary fiscal policy going forward. Apart from the expansion of the (budget) deficit to implement tax cuts, the central government needs to maintain infrastructure investment.