The above table gives the government outlays and tax revenues from 2008 through 2012 for two countries. In 2010 country A had a ______ and country B had a ______ budget deficit; budget deficit budget deficit; budget surplus balanced budget; budget deficit budget surplus; budget surplus budget surplus; budget deficit
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