White House: 2014 deficit to drop $100B

Published July 11, 2014 8:22pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — The government’s budget deficit will drop to $583 billion this year, the lowest level of President Barack Obama’s tenure, the White House said Friday.

Last year’s deficit was $680 billion. The latest update from the White House budget office is also $66 billion less than the administration predicted earlier this year when releasing the president’s budget.

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