-The Above Table Gives the Government Outlays and Tax Revenue

question 42

Multiple Choice

$$\begin{array} { c c c } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Country A } \\\text { Government } \\\text { outlays }\end{array} & \\& \begin{array} { c } \text { Tax revenue } \\\text { (trillions of } \\\text { (trillions of }\end{array} \\\text { Year } & \text { 2005 dollars) } & \text { 2005 dollars) } \\\hline 2005 & 0.75 & 0.80 \\2006 & 0.80 & 0.83 \\2007 & 0.87 & 0.86 \\2008 & 0.95 & 0.95 \\2009 & 1.06 & 1.02 \\\hline\end{array}$$
$$\begin{array} { c c c } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Country B } \\\text { Government } \\\text { outlays }\end{array} & \\& \begin{array} { c } \text { Tax revenue } \\\text { (trillions of } \\\text { (trillions of }\end{array} \\\text { Year } & \text { 2005 dollars) } & \text { 2005 dollars) } \\\hline 2005 & 1.05 & 1.10 \\2006 & 0.90 & 0.92 \\2007 & 0.87 & 0.88 \\2008 & 0.85 & 0.83 \\2009 & 0.70 & 0.75 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-The above table gives the government outlays and tax revenue from 2005 through 2009 for two countries.In 2007 country A had a ________ and country B had a ________.

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