To: jayef
The deficit varies significantly from month to month. The government runs big surpluses in March and April (when people pay their taxes), and large deficits in most other months.
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08/10/2005 11:49:49 AM PDT by
ChicagoHebrew
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To: ChicagoHebrew
The deficit varies significantly from month to month. The government runs big surpluses in March and April (when people pay their taxes), and large deficits in most other months.
Yup. That's why it's fair to look at the same month for prior years as an indicator of how things are progressing. It looks to me like the deficit dropped $17 billion compared to the same time last year. That's nearly a 25% drop.
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