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The CBO forecast in April 2020 that the budget deficit in fiscal year 2020 would be $3.7 trillion (17.9% GDP), versus the January estimate of $1 trillion (4.6% GDP). CBO also forecast the unemployment rate would rise to 16% by Q3 2020 and remain above 10% in both 2020 and 2021.
For the current fiscal year, the deficit will rise to $1.9 trillion, or 6.2% of GDP, as the federal government continues to spend more than it collects in revenue.
According to Central Intelligence Agency, "budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) records the difference between national government revenues and expenditures, expressed as a percent of GDP. A positive (+) number indicates that revenues exceeded expenditures (a budget surplus), while a negative (-) number indicates the reverse (a budget deficit).
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimated that the budget deficit for fiscal year 2020 would increase to a record $3.8 trillion (~$4.41 trillion in 2023), or 18.7% GDP. [119] For scale, in 2009 the budget deficit reached 9.8% GDP ($1.4 trillion nominal dollars) in the depths of the Great Recession.
By 2029, debt as percentage of GDP will exceed the prior record set just after World War II in 1946. CBO projects the federal budget deficit in fiscal year 2025 will be $1.9 trillion. That figure ...
Yet again, the federal government spent far more than it collected in revenue, racking up a budget deficit of $1.8 trillion for fiscal year 2024, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
As of the fiscal year 2019 budget approved by Congress, national defense is the largest discretionary expenditure in the federal budget. [13] Figure C provides a historical picture of military spending over the last few decades. In 1970, the United States government spent just over $80 billion on national defense.
The deficit for the first two months of the 2025 fiscal year also was a record high for that period - higher than the deficits of the COVID-19 era - reaching $624 billion, up $244 billion, or 64% ...