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State Budget Woes ‘Just as Tough’ in 2011, Fed Economist Says
Tepid economic growth and demands for aid from ailing U.S. cities and towns will combine to make next year “just as tough” for state budget makers, according to Yolanda Kodrzycki, an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

From Bloomberg.com:

States have closed budget deficits totaling about $169 billion since July 2008 and still face a combined $127 billion gap through fiscal 2012, according to a report last month by the National Governors Association and the National Association of State Budget Officers. Read more.

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