11.   The lower deficit is already having political ramifications.

12.   Well, today we got some new good news about exactly how far the deficit has dropped since I took office.

13.   Any outstanding deficit likely will have to be picked up by the taxpayer.

14.   Give these concerns, Galvin said he doubted that the escalating trade deficit has any influence on investors.

15.   It said the large fiscal deficit has a wide range of adverse effects, including low savings and investment, high interest rates and reduced growth.

16.   This high deficit had to be financed by foreign borrowings, one of the major factors that led to a loss of confidence in the baht.

17.   With the Washington budget negotiations in recess, the fight between Democrats and Republicans over how to cut the deficit had little effect Tuesday.

18.   He suggested that the compromise would link the rate at which public deficits had to be reduced to the pace of growth in the national economies.

19.   He implied that the compromise would link the rate at which the deficit had to be reduced to the speed of growth in the French economy.

20.   An Assocham spokesman said fiscal deficit would have to be curbed and government expenditure slashed to achieve a growth of about seven percent a year.