Thursday, September 13, 2018

US Government spent $433 billion in August

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-09-13/us-government-spends-record-433-billion-one-month-deficit-explodes
Today, the US Treasury released the detailed budget deficit breakdown for the month of September and the first 11 months of the year, and the numbers are scary.
According to the latest Monthly Treasury Statement, in August, the US collected only $219BN in tax receipts. The real highlight of the August budget report was that government outlays, or total spending, soared to $433.3 billion, not only 30% higher than a year ago, but the highest government monthly outlay of any month on record.

The August deficit brought the cumulative 2018F budget deficit to over $898BN during the first 11 month of the fiscal year, up a whopping 40% over the past year.

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