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Federal Budget Gap Swells to Record $175B
Federal Budget Gap Swells to Record $175B
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government turned in a $175.56 billion budget deficit for February, a record for any month, as federal spending grew but a slowing economy caused receipts to fall 12.1 percent from a year earlier, the U.S. Treasury said on Wednesday.
The February deficit soundly beat the previous all-time single-month deficit of $119.99 billion in February 2007 and also exceeded Wall Street economists' consensus estimate of a $160.0 billion deficit in a Reuters poll.
February receipts fell to $105.72 billion from $120.31 billion in February 2007, the Treasury said as both corporate and individual income tax payments slowed.
February outlays grew to $281.29 billion, a record for February, from $240.30 billion in February 2007, the Treasury said.
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