Deficit in the United States

Deficit Background

Concept of Deficit in Foreign Trade

A definition of Deficit in relation with foreign trade is provided here: When import value is greater than export value.

Resources

See Also

Federal Budget.

Further Reading (Articles)

Deficit Shrinks, But Debate Continues To Grow, NPR All Things Considered; February 4, 2014; Scott Horsley

Deficits, Debt and Looming Disaster, Regional Economist; January 1, 2009; Pakko, Michael

Deficit More Than Cut in Half since 2009, States News Service; October 30, 2013

Deficit Politics, The Washington Post; November 28, 1994

Deficit Not As Bad As Feared – Analyst Blog, Zacks Investment Research – Analyst Blog; September 14, 2009; Dirk van Dijk, CFA

Two Deficits That Can’t Be Twinned, The Washington Post; February 11, 1987; ROBERT J. SAMUELSON

Deficits Don’t Matter, The American Spectator; March 1, 2004; Wesbury, Brian S.

DEFICIT SOLUTIONS MEET WITH PUBLIC SKEPTICISM CONSENSUS IN PRINCIPLE, RESISTANCE IN PRACTICE., States News Service; December 9, 2010

Deficit Spending, Encyclopedia of the Great Depression; January 1, 2004

Fiscal deficits and debt dimensions of Pakistan.(MACRO MANAGEMENT)(Report), Pakistan Development Review; December 22, 1999; Ishfaq, Muhammad Chaudhary, M.A.

Why deficits do matter.(POLICY PERSPECTIVES), World Trade; March 1, 2006; Sarver, Eugene

Deficit forecast collides with Bush’s plans; Projections of $477 billion budget gap sharpen debate over extending tax cuts.(USA), The Christian Science Monitor; January 28, 2004

Deficit Delusions, The Washington Post; August 29, 2003

‘Eleven Deficits’ Hampering Economic Growth: Ahsan, The Nation (Karachi, Pakistan); December 20, 2013

Deficit Predictions Soar With Bush Stimulus Plan; Economists Say a Record Shortfall Is Likely, The Washington Post; January 10, 2003; Jonathan Weisman

Looming deficits must be addressed ritter’s brave veto, The Gazette (Colorado Springs, CO); May 21, 2009; ROBERT SAMUELSON

Deficit tops $176 billion in October, sets record as U.S. borrowing climbs, The Washington Post; November 13, 2009

Deficit drop gives Bush new bragging rights, The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY); October 12, 2006; Deb Riechmann

Deficit Advocates Using Fear to Shred Social Safety Net, The Irish Times; November 13, 2012; Krugman, Paul

Deficit hits a 4-year low, Deseret News (Salt Lake City); October 12, 2006; Associated Press

Deficit in the Federal Budget Process

Meaning of Deficit in the congressional and executive budget processes (GAO source): The amount by which the government’s spending exceeds its revenues for a given period, usually a fiscal year (opposite of surplus).

Guide to U.S. Federal Deficit (Budget Process)

• Deficit
• Budget Deficit
• Total Deficit

Deficit Background

Resources

See Also

• Federal Appropriations
• Entries about the United States Budget Process in the Encyclopedia (including Deficit)
• Public Debt

Further Reading

• Legislatures and the budget process: the myth of fiscal control

  (J Wehner, 2010)

• Reconcilable Differences?: Congress, the Budget Process, and the Deficit (JB Gilmour, 1990)
• Fiscal institutions and fiscal performance

  (JM Poterba, J von Hagen, 2008)