The state budget deficit this year is projected at 195 billion riyals.

The national budget deficit ratio could rise to record levels, they added.

The figure was the lowest US budget deficit on record since 1981.

The subsidies bill makes a major contribution to the government's budget deficit.

So maybe it means the budget deficit shrinks more slowly than otherwise.

And as it is loan it doesn't add to the budget deficit.

Mr Lavemaau said he thinks this is Tonga's biggest budget deficit ever.

Even the U.S. budget deficit is narrowing at a surprisingly fast pace.

The fiscal cliff would immediately cut the budget deficit almost in half.

Malaysia's spending swelled too, widening the budget deficit even though revenues rose.

PARIS - Budget Minister Eric Woerth presents new budget deficit forecasts to parliament.

Key issues to watch: -National debt and budget deficit data.

Most people in Britain now recognise the need to reduce the budget deficit.

In those years, the existence of Social Security reduced the federal budget deficit.

The government's existing plan proposes chopping four percentage points off the budget deficit.

Mr Sócrates' plans for cutting the budget deficit were rejected by opposition leaders.