The US announced its largest monthly fiscal deficit on record for February at $234 billion, worse than the $227B expected and the largest shortfall EVER for any single month on record and from a $215 billion gap a year earlier.
The US announced its largest monthly fiscal deficit on record for February at $234 billion, worse than the $227B expected and the largest shortfall EVER for any single month on record and from a $215 billion gap a year earlier.
Breakdown
- Receipts up 7.5% y/y
- Spending up 8.2% y/y
- Fiscal year to date (since Oct) receipts -0.6% y/y
- Fiscal year to date spending +8.7%
- Fiscal year to date deficit $544B vs $390B a year ago
The Government Budget Value in the United States averaged -18232.76 USD Million from 1954 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 214255 USD Million in April of 2018 and a record low of -234000 USD Million in February of 2019. The scary thing is this simple if the economy continues to slow this becomes more than a millstone on the country. The previous record defcit was in February 2012.
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