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4.2 trillion sterling
George W. Bush
it's spelled deficit, and it was approximately $5.7 Trillion in January 2001 and $10.3 Trillion in January 2009 - 4.6 Trillion addition; not counting the off budget costs of Iraq and Afghanistan, estimated at $2.5 Trillion. so an approximate increase of $7.1 Trillion over his 8 years!
US budget deficit for 2008 $400 billion. Budget for $2009 $999.95 Billion. 2010 is expected to be $1.43 Trillion. --------- The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office projected the 2009 deficit as $1.2 trillion on January 7, 2009. This was the last estimate they did while Bush was president. These estimates depend on many variables of course, so they are really rough estimates, but clearly the current year deficit was running somewhere above $1trillion when Obama took office.
America's budget deficit tops $1 trillion for the first time as war and tax revenues take toll
$413 Billion
President Barack Obama has presided over the largest budget deficit in any single year. He has presided over five of the largest in history. His highest was at $1.296791 trillion in 2011.
5.1trillion over first 4 years would have been 4.6 trillion if Bush budget had not been changed
No, Barack Obama did not directly cut $2.5 trillion from the deficit during his presidency. However, under his administration, the annual budget deficit was reduced over time. The $2.5 trillion reduction may refer to the overall decrease in the deficit projected over a ten-year period as a result of certain policies enacted during Obama's presidency, including the Affordable Care Act and the Budget Control Act.
sorry not Budget deficit... budget balance
A budget deficit is when the finances of a something exceeds its revenue. This basically means they have spent too much money.
fiscal deficit: not enough money budget deficit: not as much money as you had planned to have in your budget revenue deficit: not enough money coming in trade deficit: you are spending more money on imports than the amount of money which you receive for your exports.