US Deficit To Hit $1.84 Trillion

This year's deficit will be over 4 times last year's record. This is crazy and reckless. The value of the US dollar must decline in the months and years ahead. Be ready for a big inflation wave.-Lou

Federal deficit higher in July, $1.27T this year
Record federal deficit climbs higher, $180.7 billion in July, $1.27 trillion so far this year

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The federal deficit climbed higher into record territory in July, hitting
$1.27 trillion with two months remaining in the budget year.

The Treasury Department said Wednesday that the July deficit totaled $180.7 billion, slightly more than the $177.5 billion economists had expected.

The Obama administration is projecting that when the current budget year ends on Sept. 30, the imbalance will total $1.84 trillion, more than four times last year's record-high.
The soaring deficits have raised worries among foreign owners of U.S. Treasury securities including the Chinese, the largest holder of such debt.

Massive amounts of government spending to combat the recession and stabilize the U.S. financial system have pushed the deficit higher. The cost of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with depleted government tax revenues, also are major factors.

The July deficit reflected government spending of $332.2 billion, a record amount for any month and up from outlays of $263.3 billion in July 2008. Of that increase, about $25 billion reflected the fact that Aug. 1 was a Saturday this year, requiring many government benefit checks to be sent out earlier and counted as spending in July.

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