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Better Budget

By Econ70 | 12/16/2013

During October and November 2013 the federal deficit was $231 billion, $61 billion better than a year earlier. Receipts were up by $34 billion to $380 billion and outlays were down by $27 billion. At this rate, the deficit for all of FY14 will be 3.3% of GDP, down from 4.1% in FY13 and a…

Budget Deficit Perspective

By Econ70 | 01/14/2013

In 2009, the budget deficit hit a post WWII record of 10.1% of GDP as receipts fell to a 60-year low of 15.1% of GDP, while outlays hit a 60-year high of 25.2%. Only between 1942 and 1945 has the deficit ever been worse, topping out at 30.3% in 1943. The deficit is now 8.5%…