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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsU.S. runs $119 billion January budget surplus, Treasury says
Treasury Department said Thursday.
Key details: Spending in January was $346 billion while receipts totaled $465 billion, the agency said.
For the fiscal year to date, the deficit was $259 billion compared to $736 billion last year.
Big picture: The deficit looks relatively tame during the first four months of the fiscal year mainly because last year the government had kept open the spending floodgates in 2021 to battle the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/u-s-runs-119-billion-january-budget-surplus-treasury-says-11644520318?
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U.S. runs $119 billion January budget surplus, Treasury says (Original Post)
Tony_FLADEM
Feb 2022
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sarisataka
(22,359 posts)1. Great news
21 more years of this and we will be even. Still, step one is stop digging.
WarGamer
(18,338 posts)2. Q4 tax was due 1/18 and tax filing season opened 1/28
Chainfire
(17,757 posts)3. We need to be giving that to big business
So that they can create more jobs...
