The deficit has ballooned due to the collapse in revenue resulting from the financial crisis.

The deficit has ballooned, with some economists calculating that the full cost of unemployment is nearly $100 billion a year.

When he left office, the federal deficit had ballooned to more than $200 billion.

The nation's fiscal deficit ballooned during Callejas' last year in office.

Instead, deficits ballooned, and the national debt rose more in his two terms than in the previous history of the nation.

This summer all three of his major partners threatened to quit as the country's economic deficit ballooned.

This year, the deficit has ballooned to almost $600 million.

So there were boos again throughout the fourth quarter, as the deficit ballooned to 21.

Now, even though revenues have recovered to where they were in 1999, the deficit has ballooned.

He said the bailout may still be necessary if the deficit ballooned again.