Thanks for the reply - the discard instructions will help with transforming a number dialled with a 9 prefix to remove the leading National Prefix, however it doesnt help the matching of a route pattern using + dialling with no leading 0 original dialled.
Current-Account Balance, Fourth Quarter The U.S. current-account deficit decreased to $112.4 billion (preliminary) in the fourth quarter of 2016 from $116.0 billion (revised) in the third quarter of 2016, according to statistics released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).
The U.S. federal budget deficit for fiscal year 2018 is  $440 billion. FY 2018 covers October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. The deficit occurs because the U.S. government spending of $4.094 trillion is higher than its revenue of $3.654 trillion.