The task of closing a deficit now estimated at $3 billion is so daunting that he needs to accelerate labor negotiations to win further cuts immediately.

Mr. Bolten has been giving the president advice for years, and the result has been a deficit estimated at $371 billion.

Given that the city was trying to close a deficit estimated at $6.4 billion, cultural institutions said they had faced an especially difficult battle for their own interests.

But the premiums to date have not covered claims, so the agency has run into a deficit estimated at $4 billion.

Mr. Carlin's major task will be to pare from the city's $40 million budget a deficit estimated at $9.5 million.

Recessions automatically increase the deficit, now estimated at somewhat more than $300 billion this year even if the downturn proves to be short-lived.

The proposed increase is intended to raise $44 million for the fiscal year that starts July 1 and help offset a deficit estimated at $169 million.

The state had a deficit estimated at $115 million for the fiscal year that ended June 30.

Those companies are blamed for most of the nation's $35 billion foreign debt and chronic deficits estimated at up to $2 billion annually.

The increased revenue is meant to help the agency close an annual deficit estimated at $169 million.