Nov 3rd, 2009 - Reuters
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Projected U.S. budget deficits are too high and could force up interest rates and crowd out investment unless the country takes action, the head of the White House budget office said on Tuesday.
The Obama administration reported a record U.S. budget deficit for last fiscal year of $1.4 trillion, or 10 percent of GDP, after it rescued the economy and some of the United States' biggest banks from the worst recession in 70 years.
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