The talented finance minister's ingenuity has helped his bankrupt nation to get out of the red.

Mother is having trouble making ends meet.

He managed to make both ends meet.

The company is in deficit.

The company has decided to sell some of its money-losing units.

We had to sell the building because for years we operated it in the red.

Despite a large surplus in merchandise trade, the current account surplus is not so big due to a deficit in invisible trade.

Eliminating the deficit will be a hard nut to crack.

The deficit has been diminishing little by little.

A budget deficit must be financed somehow.

A budget deficit will occur because of a revenue shortfall.

The loss reached three million yen.

The government is running its largest deficit ever.

The business is in the red.

Our household expense got into the red last month.

We went into the red last year.

The proceeds from the bond issue will be used to finance the budget deficit.

The company is in deficit.

The future of our company is at stake. We have been heavily in the red for the last couple of years.

Our family budget is in the red.