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Monthly Budget Review

Each month, CBO issues an analysis of federal spending and revenues for the previous month and the fiscal year to date. Those Monthly Budget Reviews, which are based on information from the Treasury Department, provide information on the monthly status of outlays, receipts, and the deficit or surplus.

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Federal Budget Deficit Totals $780 Billion in the First Half of 2012

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April 6, 2012


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Monthly Budget Review

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April 6, 2012

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Federal Deficit for First Five Months of FY 2012: $578 Billion

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March 7, 2012


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Monthly Budget Review

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March 7, 2012

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Federal Budget Deficit Totaled $349 Billion for the First Four Months of 2012

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February 7, 2012


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Monthly Budget Review

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February 7, 2012

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Monthly Budget Review

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January 9, 2012

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Abstract

The federal budget deficit was $320 billion in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, CBO estimates, $49 billion less than the deficit recorded in the same period in fiscal year 2011. But $26 billion of that difference resulted from shifts in the timing of certain payments because the regular payment dates fell on weekends or holidays; otherwise, the deficit would have declined by only $23 billion. Receipts were up by 4 percent, compared with those in the same period a year before. Adjusted for timing shifts, outlays were essentially unchanged. Later this month, CBO will issue new budget projections spanning the period from 2012 through 2022.


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Federal Budget Deficit for the First Quarter of 2012: $320 Billion

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January 9, 2012


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Federal Budget Deficit Close to $240 Billion for the First Two Months of 2012

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December 7, 2011


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Monthly Budget Review

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December 7, 2011

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Abstract

The federal budget deficit was close to $240 billion for the first two months of fiscal year 2012, more than $50 billion below the deficit recorded through November of last year, CBO estimates. Much of that difference occurred because roughly $30 billion in payments that would ordinarily have been made on October 1, 2011 (that is, in fiscal year 2012), were made instead in September (that is, in fiscal year 2011) because October 1 fell on a weekend. Without those shifts in the timing of payments, the decline in the deficit for the two-month period would have been about $20 billion.

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