Deficit expected to rise by one-third to $590 billion

Published August 23, 2016 6:00pm ET



The federal deficit will rise by about one-third to $590 billion in fiscal 2016, the Congressional Budget Office projected Tuesday, guaranteeing that President Obama will leave office with a growing deficit.

The annual shortfall would be $152 billion larger than the deficit for fiscal 2015 and the first increase in the deficit, relative to the U.S. economy, since 2009.

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