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.
George W. Bush
17 degrees south
High military spending and tax cuts.
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.
If the revenue is less than the expenditure, a budget is said to be in deficit. A budget is divided into 3: a. Surplus budget b. Deficit budget c. Balanced budget Surplus : REVENUE greater than EXPENDITURE Deficit : REVENUE less than EXPENDITURE Balanced : REVENUE equals EXPENDITURE
Primary deficit=Fiscal deficit-[minus] Interest payments
The federal deficit rose significantly during the Reagan administration. Ronald Reagan was the 40th U.S. President, serving from 1981 to 1989.
The government was under pressure to raise more taxes due to the budget deficit they had.
a federal budget deficit
Taxpayers