CQToday, Monday, March 23, 2009
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Deficit Discrepancies The long-term projected deficit figures released March 20 by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office add more than $2.3 trillion over a 10-year period to an earlier White House estimate. Deficit estimates in billions of dollars
TOTALS
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2010-14
2010-19
Obama’s estimate
$459
1,752
1,171
912
581
533
570
583
637
636
634
712
$3,767
$6,969
CBO estimate
$459
1,845
1,379
970
658
672
749
785
895
949
1,023
1,189
$4,429
$9,270
SOURCES: Office of Management and Budget, Congressional Budget Office