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World Service,4 mins

US to borrow $1 trillion a year within a decade

World Business Report

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The Congressional Budget Office says that within ten years America's debt could cost $1 trillion a year to service and be almost the size of the overall economy. Irwin Stelzer is an economist at the Hudson Institute. The Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ's Rob Young asked him if he agrees with the prediction? (Photo: Fabrice Coffrini/ AFP/ Getty Images)

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