tackle a deficit

Examples (10)

• The new government's first priority is to tackle the budget deficit.
• The finance minister outlined a five-year plan to tackle the massive deficit.
• We will need to implement unpopular policies if we are to successfully tackle this growing deficit.
• The country must tackle its trade deficit to stabilize the economy.
• Tackling the fiscal deficit requires a combination of spending cuts and tax increases.
• How does the opposition party propose to tackle the national deficit?
• Despite the economic downturn, the chancellor is confident in her ability to tackle the deficit without harming public services.
• The structural deficit was tackled through a series of long-term reforms.
• Successive administrations have failed to effectively tackle the ballooning deficit.
• If we don't tackle the pension deficit now, it will become an insurmountable problem for the next generation.