93.9 The Eagle – The News and Talk of Columbia, MO
(AP) – The Congressional Budget Office is upping its projections for this year’s federal deficit by $63 billion and increasing its forecast for deficits over the next decade by $809 billion.
The nonpartisan office projects the deficit will exceed $1 trillion beginning next year.
The office says its projections on both fronts stem mostly from recently enacted legislation that lifted the nation’s debt limit and reversed scheduled 10% cuts to defense and nondefense programs.
