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Trump budget forecasts rosy economic growth
The first full budget laid out by the Trump administration assumes its policies will kickstart an era of 3% growth. Bloomberg News U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the economy can accelerate to 3% growth, and beyond. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin targeted that growth rate in a hearing before the Senate Banking Committee last week. As President Donald Trump took office, the administration said it would target an even more ambitious 4% growth rate. Read: Forget 4% growth: 3% would be a major feat for Trump after record drought
More than $2 trillion in savings to come from economic growth: Trump budget
Reuters President Donald Trump's budget sees savings paired with a growth rate analysts say will be difficult to achieve. President Donald Trump's budget estimates over $2 trillion in savings will result under the 3% economic growth assumed in the proposal, an ambitious target analysts say would be hard to achieve. But analysts say growth of that magnitude would be a major feat. The budget, to be released on Tuesday, assumes savings of $2.1 trillion under what the White House calls the effects of economic feedback. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget recently said achieving 3% growth would require a "heroic combination of good policy and good luck."
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