Federal Budget's Long-Term Outlook Is Grim
The quarterly budget outlook from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says the 2007 annual deficit will be lower than was projected three months ago: $158 billion, or 1.2 percent of GDP. The long-term outlook is grim, however.
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