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US on track for first $1 trillion budget deficit since 2012

by AP Economics Writer
| February 12, 2020 11:30 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. budget deficit through the first four months of this budget year is up 19% from the same period a year ago, putting the country on track to record its first $1 trillion deficit since 2012.

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