The Associated Press reports that the current fiscal year’s federal budget deficit will fall short of a record, coming in at over $1.3 trillion, but below last year's record $1.4 trillion, when the year ends September 30. But something is wrong with the AP’s information.
The U.S. Treasury says the national debt at the end of last fiscal year was $11.9 trillion and a year earlier was $10.02 trillion. Let's do the math: 11.9 - 10.02 = 1.88. That means last year's deficit was $1.88 trillion, not $1.4 trillion.
Did the AP get its incorrect number from the Office of Management and Budget?
HT: Ken Sturzenacker
Hate to say it but I'm a fairly informed person, as compared to many I know, but I have long since been overwhelmed by that stuff.
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I'm assuming that the national debt goes up year to year by the amount of the budget deficit. The Treasury has to borrow to make up the deficit.
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