The U.S. budget deficit grew by nearly $60 billion in June, remaining on track to exceed $1 trillion for the fourth straight year.
Through the first nine months of the budget year, the federal deficit totaled $904.2 billion, the Treasury Department reported Thursday.
President Barack Obama
is almost certain to face re-election having run trillion-dollar-plus
deficits in each his first four years in office. That would likely
benefit his opponent, GOP presumptive nominee Mitt Romney.
Obama
and congressional Republicans remain at odds over how to lower the
deficit. Unless their disagreement is broken, a series of tax increases
and spending cuts could kick in next year. Economists warn that could
dramatically slow an already weak U.S. economy and even tip it back into
a recession.
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