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VMA131Marine

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4. A small but significant point

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Thu May 31, 2018, 11:59 AM

May 2018

The month-to-month federal deficit is not a fixed number, it changes cyclically with events throughout the fiscal year.

Typically the largest deficits are seen in February and March followed by a large surplus in April as tax receipts come in. So it is very unlikely that the overall deficit for FY2018 will be $2.4T.

https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/fsreports/rpt/mthTreasStmt/mts0917.pdf

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