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White House to paint grim fiscal picture: source | Reuters
These are NOT "inherited" deficits. This isn't because of TARP, this isn't because of the "stimulus" package. But woo-hoo! It'll get "down" to $700 billion by 2013!
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House will predict a $1.6 trillion U.S. budget deficit in the 2010 fiscal year, a fresh record and the biggest since World War Two as a share of the economy, a congressional source told Reuters on Sunday.
The grim forecast adds to the challenges facing President Barack Obama, who is emphasizing a message of fiscal discipline but is also seeking stimulus measures to boost the struggling economy in the near term.
Obama's budget proposal, which will be released at 10 a.m. EST on Monday, will predict a narrowing of the deficits to $700 billion by fiscal 2013 before they gradually rise back to $1 trillion by the end of the decade, the Capitol Hill source said.
These are NOT "inherited" deficits. This isn't because of TARP, this isn't because of the "stimulus" package. But woo-hoo! It'll get "down" to $700 billion by 2013!