Both research groups said last week that the deficit has bottomed out and will begin to rise next year. They predicted economic growth would slow this year to 2.5 percent in real terms, from a robust 3.7 percent last year." Which of the following statements is reasonable in this context?
a) growth has nothing to do with the deficit
b) the fall in the deficit caused the high growth
c) the predicted fall in growth is the reason the deficit is predicted to rise
d) the predicted rise in the deficit is the reason growth is predicted to fall