United States Federal Government Budget

The United States recorded a Government Budget deficit equal to 3.50 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2017. Government Budget in the United States averaged -2.13 percent of GDP from 1948 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 4.50 percent of GDP in 1948 and a record low of -9.80 percent of GDP in 2009.

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United States Government	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Government Debt to GDP	105.40	105.80	118.90	31.70	percent	[+]
Government Budget	-3.50	-3.20	4.50	-9.80	percent of GDP	[+]
Government Budget Value	-100000.00	119116.00	214255.00	-231677.00	USD Million	[+]
Government Spending	3197.46	3171.81	3328.05	599.63	USD Billion	[+]
Government Revenues	252692.00	343559.00	510447.00	33111.00	USD Million	[+]
Government Debt	21702370.00	21516058.00	21702370.00	253400.00	USD Million	[+]
Fiscal Expenditure	353183.00	224443.00	433263.00	3842.00	USD Million	[+]
Asylum Applications	6901.00	7709.00	16331.00	522.00	Persons	[+]
Credit Rating	97.00					[+]
Military Expenditure	597177.90	600106.40	768465.80	132803.40	USD Million	[+]
Government Spending To GDP	37.80	37.60	43.00	33.00	percent	[+]

Government Budget is an itemized accounting of the payments received by government (taxes and other fees) and the payments made by government (purchases and transfer payments). A budget deficit occurs when an government spends more money than it takes in. The opposite of a budget deficit is a budget surplus. This page provides - United States Government Budget - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. United States Federal Government Budget - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on November of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	-3.50	-3.20	4.50	-9.80	1948 - 2017	percent of GDP	Yearly

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Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Argentina	-3.90	Dec/17	-4.6	3.7	-6.4	%	Yearly
Australia	-1.90	Dec/17	-2.4	2.2	-4.2	%	Yearly
Brazil	-7.80	Dec/17	-9	-2	-10.2	%	Yearly
Canada	-0.90	Dec/17	0	5.1	-8.3	%	Yearly
China	-3.50	Dec/17	-3.8	0.58	-3.8	%	Yearly
Euro Area	-0.90	Dec/17	-1.5	-0.5	-7.3	%	Yearly
France	-2.60	Dec/17	-3.4	1.5	-7.2	%	Yearly
Germany	1.30	Dec/17	1	1.3	-9.4	%	Yearly
India	-3.53	Dec/17	-3.52	-2.53	-8.13	%	Yearly
Indonesia	-2.50	Dec/17	-2.46	3.02	-2.58	%	Yearly
Italy	-2.30	Dec/17	-2.5	-1.5	-7.3	%	Yearly
Japan	-4.50	Dec/17	-4.5	2.58	-9.5	%	Yearly
Mexico	-2.90	Dec/17	-2.6	3.3	-3.4	%	Yearly
Netherlands	1.10	Dec/17	0.4	1.9	-8.6	%	Yearly
Russia	-1.50	Dec/17	-3.4	9.88	-7.9	%	Yearly
Saudi Arabia	-8.90	Dec/17	-12.8	43.17	-25.27	%	Yearly
Singapore	0.30	Dec/17	-1.2	21.23	-1.2	%	Yearly
South Africa	-4.60	Dec/17	-3.9	1	-7.4	%	Yearly
South Korea	-2.00	Dec/17	-2.4	3.47	-4.1	%	Yearly
Spain	-3.10	Dec/17	-4.5	2.2	-11	%	Yearly
Switzerland	1.20	Dec/17	0.4	1.9	-3.2	%	Yearly
Turkey	-1.50	Dec/17	-1.1	-0.6	-33	%	Yearly
United Kingdom	-2.30	Dec/17	-3.8	4.8	-9.9	%	Yearly
United States	-3.50	Dec/17	-3.2	4.5	-9.8	%	Yearly