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U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin testifies to the House Financial Services hearing on state of the international financial system on Capitol Hill in July. The Treasury department announced this week that the U.S. deficit increased $779 billion from last year. Photo by Joshua Roberts/Reuters

Making Sen$e Oct 18

Companies are paying less after the GOP tax cut, and it’s showing in the deficit

By Gretchen Frazee

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