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Critics, such as Harvard economist Jeffrey Sachs, say that the government's efforts to satisfy the IMF--by reducing the budget deficit and jacking up interest rates to defend the ruble--have worsened the crisis, deepening the credit crunch and cooling growth.
As described by David Stockman, he simply couldn't process the information that his contradictory goals would produce a vast deficit, despite repeated attempts to spell it out for him in words and pictures.
9If spending were to keep pace with population growth and inflation over the long term, discretionary spending would generally grow slower than the economy and the long-term budget surplus/deficit would be improved.
7% deficit of intracellular water, providing an important indication of the volumes of fluid that may be required to optimize hydration.
But House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt calls it "a budget of many deficits--a deficit of principle, a deficit of fairness, a deficit of tax justice and, worst of all, a deficit of dollars."