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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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Monthly Budget Review

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November 7, 2011

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Abstract

The federal government recorded a total budget deficit of $1.3 trillion in fiscal year 2011, almost identical to the deficit it incurred in 2010. As a share of the nation's gross domestic product (GDP), the deficit declined slightly—from 9.0 percent in 2010 to 8.7 percent in 2011—but was still the third-highest deficit as a share of GDP since 1945.


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Federal Budget Deficit for Fiscal Year 2011: $1.3 Trillion

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November 8, 2011


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Monthly Budget Review

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October 7, 2011

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Abstract

CBO estimates that the federal budget deficit was about $1.30 trillion in fiscal year 2011, approximately the same dollar amount as the shortfall recorded in 2010. The 2011 deficit was equal to 8.6 percent of gross domestic product, CBO estimates, down from 8.9 percent in 2010 and 10.0 percent in 2009, but greater than in any other year since 1945. The estimated 2011 total reflects the shift of some payments from fiscal year 2012 into fiscal year 2011 (that is, from October to September, because October 1 fell on a weekend); without that shift, the deficit in 2011 would have been $1.27 trillion. CBO’s deficit estimate is based on data from the Daily Treasury Statements; the Treasury Department will report the actual deficit for fiscal year 2011 later this month.


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The Federal Budget Deficit: $1.23 Trillion Through the First 11 Months of 2011

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September 8, 2011


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Monthly Budget Review

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September 8, 2011

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Abstract

The federal budget deficit totaled $1.23 trillion through the first 11 months of fiscal year 2011, CBO estimates—$28 billion less than the deficit incurred in the same period last year. Revenues were about 7.6 percent higher through August than they were at the same point last year, and outlays were 3.7 percent higher. In its most recent budget projections, published in August in The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update, CBO estimated that the deficit for fiscal year 2011 (which will end on September 30, 2011) will total $1.28 trillion, about $10 billion less than last year’s shortfall.

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August 5, 2011

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Federal Budget Deficit Totals About $1.1 Trillion for the First 10 Months of the Year

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August 5, 2011


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The Federal Budget Deficit Through Nine Months of the Fiscal Year: About $973 Billion

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July 8, 2011


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July 8, 2011

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Federal Budget Deficit Totals $929 Billion for the First Two-Thirds of the Year

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June 7, 2011


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