Monthly Budget Review: Summary for Fiscal Year 2018

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United States Department of the Treasury Building, Washington DC

In fiscal year 2018, the budget deficit totaled $779 billion—$113 billion more than the shortfall recorded in 2017. Measured as a share of GDP, the deficit increased to 3.8 percent in 2018, up from 3.5 percent in 2017 and 3.2 percent in 2016.

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