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Red ink: Federal deficit hits nearly $2 trillion

The federal deficit for the fiscal year that just ended was nearly $2 trillion. That's the biggest budget gap since 2021, when the country was still recovering from the pandemic.

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Scott Horsley is NPR's Chief Economics Correspondent.
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