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A positive (+) number indicates that revenues exceeded expenditures (a budget surplus), while a negative (-) number indicates the reverse (a budget deficit). Normalizing the data, by dividing the budget balance by GDP, enables easy comparisons across countries and indicates whether a national government saves or borrows money.
The United States has the largest external debt in the world. The total number of U.S. Treasury securities held by foreign entities in December 2021 was $7.7 trillion, up from $7.1 trillion in December 2020. [8] Total US federal government debt breached the $30 trillion mark for the first time in history in February 2022. [9]
2002 United States federal budget – $2.0 trillion (submitted 2001 by President Bush) 2001 United States federal budget – $1.9 trillion (submitted 2000 by President Clinton) 2000 United States federal budget – $1.8 trillion (submitted 1999 by President Clinton) 1999 United States federal budget – $1.7 trillion (submitted 1998 by ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government posted a $367 billion budget deficit for November, up 17% from a year earlier, as calendar adjustments for benefit payments boosted outlays by some $80 ...
The Congressional Budget Office estimated on Tuesday a U.S. federal deficit of $1.834 trillion for fiscal 2024, the highest in the post-COVID era, as debt interest costs jumped sharply and outlays ...
For most other countries the total budget is shown. Although Germany is a federation, the statistics for Germany represent total general government spending. [3] Similar to Germany, Russia has a federative structure and a three layer budget system, here the total government spending is shown. [4]
The budget results for October, the first month of the 2025 fiscal year, come after President Joe Biden's administration turned in a full-year fiscal 2024 deficit of $1.83 trillion, the largest ...
The budget deficit increased from $665 billion in 2017 to $779 billion in 2018, an increase of $114 billion or 17%. The budget deficit increased from 3.5% GDP in 2017 to 3.9% GDP in 2018. Compared to the budget deficit of $487 billion forecast for 2018 by CBO just prior to Trump's inauguration, the actual budget deficit was up $292 billion or 60%.