ECO-TERROR
U.S. Deficit Seen as Rising Fast: The federal deficit is growing much more quickly than expected, even before Congress takes up President Bush's tax-cutting proposals and without factoring in the costs of a war in Iraq, Congressional analysts have concluded.
Analysts for the Republican-controlled House Budget Committee have raised their estimates of this year's budget shortfall by about $30 billion, some 15 percent beyond the forecast that the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office issued only five weeks ago.
[Cavaco Silva dizia hoje na RTP que os Estados Unidos acumulavam uma dívida diária de 400 milhões de contos...!]