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Largest-ever budget deficit planned for 2009

China plans to post a US$139 billion budget deficit for 2009, Bloomberg reported, citing the China Business Journal. According to the Chinese publication’s report, which sourced the information from an unnamed person who is familiar with the matter, the plan has been submitted to the National People’s Congress for review. It is claimed that the deficit would be the highest since Communist China was founded in 1949.

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