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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

The US “Budget Surplus” Miracle Is Over: $125 Billion Deficit In May

Courtesy of ZeroHedge. View original post here.

Submitted by Tyler Durden.

One month ago we were pleasantly surprised to note that following 42 straight months of budget deficits, among them record ones, such as the ($231.7) billion recorded in February, the US finally managed to record its first budget surplus since September 2008. The number was a modest but positive $58 billion, although there was once again more than meets the eye. On May 7 we said that “without various temporal adjustments, the April surplus of $58 billion would have been completely netted out by the cumulative $57 billion in deficit time shifts.” More importantly, we said, “In other words, enjoy the surplus while you can: for another 30 or so days.” Sure enough, 30 days later, the number is out, and it is back to normality: the US recorded a deficit of $125 billion in May, on outlays of $305 billion and revenues of $181 billion. And so the “surplus” miracle is over.

Short-term deficit chart:

And longer-term. Note the lonely surplus outloer.

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