an excess of the federal government's spending over its revenue;

"federal deficits can cause inflation"

president barack obama sunday is meeting again with u.s. congressional leaders in search of an elusive deal to slash the federal deficit and avoid default on america’s $14.3 trillion national debt.

奥巴马总统星期天将再次与美国国会领导人会晤，寻求达成一项复杂的协议，以削减联邦赤字，避免美国14.3万亿美元的国债无法偿还的问题。

the report argues that as personal savings rise and the federal deficit declines, america’s appetite for foreign savings will shrink.

这份报告认为，随着个人储蓄的增加和联邦赤字的减少，美国对国外储蓄的需求将会下降。

u.s. president barack obama is set to unveil a proposed federal budget for 2012 that will seek to cut the federal deficit by $1.1 trillion over 10 years.

美国总统奥巴马计划将公布拟议中的2012年联邦预算，谋求在10年内把联邦赤字减少1.1万亿美元。

with the federal deficit at $1.5 trillion, some voters are balking at politicians touting their record of bringing home the bacon.

由于联邦赤字到了1.5万亿美元，投票大众对炫耀将培根带回家的政客表示不满。

well president obama「s stimulus package was $787 billion; the expected federal deficit this fiscal year is $1.8 trillion.

可是总统奥巴马的刺激计划价值7870亿美元；本财政年度的联邦赤字预计竟达到1.8万亿美元。

if the new health law, piled on top of all the other measuresthat are causing the federal deficit to explode, causes real damage to theunited states, the stage will be set for real reform.

如果这部新医保法，压在所有其他正在令联邦赤字爆炸的其他措施上面，给美国造成真正的伤害，那么真正的改革即将拉开帷幕。

but the reason such tactics work is largely because of lingering misconceptions about what’s driving the federal deficit and debt.

但是之所以这种方法如此受吹捧的原因是由于长期以来人们对于是什么操纵联邦赤字和借债的错误认识。

in 2007, the federal deficit was 1.2 percent of g.d.p. two years later, it」s at 13 percent.

联邦赤字在2007年时占gdp的1.2%，两年后变成13%。

massive increases in government spending have already pushed the federal deficit to near record levels.

政府开支的大量增加已经把联邦赤字推到几乎创纪录的水平。

he views the federal deficit as a moral issue as well as an economic one, because 「the day of reckoning」 for the excesses of the present generation is being deferred to the future.

他认为联邦赤字既是道德问题，也是经济问题，因为当代的无节制将殃及后代。

「we are committed to taking measures to maintaining greater personal saving and to reducing the federal deficit to a sustainable level by 2013, 」 geithner said at the opening session of the talks.

「我们正致力于采取措施保持更高的个人存款，并在2013年以前将联邦赤字大幅度降低，」盖特纳在开幕式的讲话中说。

the federal deficit and debt burden are ballooning.

美国联邦赤字和债务负担在急剧膨胀。

a wider federal deficit offsets private retrenchment (see chart 9) but prolongs america’s dependence on foreign savings.

扩大政府赤字会抵消私人部门的紧缩，但也会延长对国外资金的依赖。

with the federal deficit totaling around $1.1 trillion through july, switching to a dollar-coin might provide a way those desperate in congress to cut costs.

七月份联邦赤字总达1.1万亿左右，如果使用美元硬币可能会是几近崩溃的国会减少开支的一个方法。

to get the federal deficit from its current 10% of gdp to a more manageable 3% will require america to generate additional consumption, investment and net exports equal to 7% of gdp.

为了使联邦的财政赤字从现在的占gdp 10%降到3%这一更加易于控制的水平，那么美国就必须创造新的消费与投资，并且使尽出口额占到gdp的7%。

while iraqi coffers continue to expand, the u.s. federal deficit is spiking, and projected to top $300 billion this year amid sluggish u.s. economic growth.

伊拉克国库收入持续扩大，但美国联邦政府赤字不断飙升，而且美国财政赤字将因经济发展缓慢预计今年超过3千亿美元。

having taken seminars on government, i could hold forth on the relationship between taxation and the federal deficit but was clueless about filling out a basic tax form.

在参加了政府组织的几次研讨会之后，我就可以滔滔不绝地阐释清楚课税跟联邦赤字之间的关系了，但是对于如何填写一张最基本的纳税申请表还是一无所知。