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US budget deficit totals $743.6 billion over past 6 months
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WASHINGTON – The federal government's budget deficit for the first half of this budget year totaled $743.6 billion, up 7.6% from last year, and well on its way to topping $1 trillion even before the impacts of the coronavirus were felt.
The Treasury Department reported Friday that the deficit from October, the start of the government's budget year, through March was $52.5 billion higher than the same period a year ago.
The Trump administration and the Congressional Budget Office were already forecasting that this year's deficit would top $1 trillion for the first time since 2012.
But now with a $2.2 trillion rescue package approved by Congress and government spending expected to rise sharply, private economists are estimating that this
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