What do you mean by "deficit" do you mean the total the country now owes, or are you talking about the annual increase in the amount that the country owes?
the total the countre owes
As far as im aware, part time jobs of a smaller number of hours are now classified as "working" and most of those people are doing the same amount of work as they were before but they now count when they didnt before?
tbh im unsure,,, will have too look into it
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