The headline deficit is therefore expected to more than double this year in the EU to 4½% in 2009 (from some 1¾% to 4% in the euro area).
Valitsemissektori eelarve puudujääk seetõttu sel aastal ELis eeldatavalt kahekordistub (4,25% aastal 2009 ning umbes 1,75%–4% euroalal).