Daily Archives: March 8, 2010

A DEEPER SHADE OF RED FROM THE CBO

It’s all about deficits these days. The challenge is figuring out what it all means for the markets, the economy, the man on the street and for politics in Washington. What’s crystal clear at the moment is that there’s a bull market in red ink. That’s hardly a surprise, although the debt estimates continue to creep higher. That latest example comes from the Congressional Budget Office, which published a new analysis on Friday of President Obama’s budget outlook. The CBO concludes that the projected deficit for the decade ahead will be $1.2 trillion more than the White House predicts.

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