The fiscal deficit of the United States in June down on a year
July 13, 2010 - 5:35 pm
The U.S. recorded a budget deficit of 68.42 billion dollars in June, the 21th in a row, the Treasury announced.
But the deficit is down by 27% compared to 94.33 billion dollars in June 2009.
Over three quarters of the fiscal year ended September 30, the deficit amounted to 1.004 billion dollars against 1.086 billion in the comparable period of fiscal year 2009.
The latest projections for the deficit in 2010 will be given by the White House July 23 normally. In February, it expected a deficit of 1.600 billion dollars against 1.400 billion in 2009.