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COVID-19 relief pushes U.S. budget deficit to a record $3.1T

by Associated Press
| October 9, 2020 12:06 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — New, eye-popping federal budget figures released Thursday show an enormous $3.1 trillion deficit in the just-completed fiscal year, a record swelled by coronavirus relief spending that pushed the tally of red ink to three times that of last year.

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