25% drop in the deficit<\/a>. Unemployment down to 5%\u2026why I remember when the press crowed that 5.6% unemployment was \u201cfull employment,\u201d but of course, that was in the 1990\u2019s when good news was allowed to be good news.<\/p>\n\u2026an unexpected leap in tax revenue is about to shrink the federal budget deficit this year, by nearly $100 billion.<\/em><\/p>\nIt wasn\u2019t unexpected in all quarters.<\/p>\n
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