Relevant:
- Treasury Committee: Record Deficit Forecast
- US Treasury Posts Gigantic $1.16 Trillion Shortfall in Fiscal 2017, Media Coverage: Zilch
- Budget Deficit in U.S. Widened in May as Spending Increases 10%
- U.S. Gov's Budget Deficit Overshoots by 100%; Trillion-Dollar Deficits Expected Indefinitely
- US deficit up 15.7% in first half of fiscal 2011
2017-10-21 — reuters.com
``The U.S. budget deficit widened to $666 billion for the fiscal year 2017 as record spending more than offset record receipts, the Treasury Department said on Friday. The 2017 deficit increased to 3.5 percent of gross domestic product. The previous fiscal year deficit was $586 billion, with a deficit-to-GDP ratio of 3.2 percent.''
-- Of course this means the actual debt growth was probably around 2x as much...
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