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Budget deficit tops $1 trillion for first time

07-13-2009 • AP

Nine months into the fiscal year, the federal deficit has topped $1 trillion for the first time ever.

The imbalance is intensifying fears about higher interest rates and inflation, and already pressuring the value of the dollar.

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