1.   The deficit also is growing because of an economic slowdown that has reduced the amount of taxes collected, government officials say.

2.   The trade deficit will grow, pushing the peso down, which will raise inflation.

3.   The deficit had grown with the connivance of the banks.

4.   And as those deficits grow, they depress the dollar further.

5.   A widening trade gap also made the current account deficit grow.

6.   But Domenech said he believes the board deliberately allowed the deficit to grow.

7.   But if the trend continues, and most economists think that it will until early next year, the widening deficits will grow increasingly difficult to explain.

8.   But for all his cuts, the long range deficit only grew larger because of tax cuts and expensive agreements with labor unions, among other things.

9.   But the Mets can also see their deficit grow, maybe even double, in the second half.

10.   But, as the months go by and the trade deficit grows, it may become tempting to be more protectionist.