CBO Monthly Budget Review for April 2015 Finds the Federal Government Recorded a Surplus of $155 Billion in April
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May 7, 2015 - The federal government ran a budget deficit of $285 billion for the first seven months of fiscal year 2015, CBO estimates. That deficit was $22 billion smaller than the one recorded during the same period last year. Revenues and outlays were both higher than the amounts recorded during the same period in fiscal year 2014—by 9 percent and 7 percent, respectively.
