The U.S. deficit tripled to a record $3.1 trillion in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, as the government battled a global pandemic that plunged the U.S. into a recession in February, the Treasury Department said Friday.
The U.S. deficit tripled to a record $3.1 trillion in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, as the government battled a global pandemic that plunged the U.S. into a recession in February, the Treasury Department said Friday.
As a share of economic output, the budget gap in fiscal year 2020 hit roughly 16.1%, the largest since 1945, the Treasury Department said Friday, when the country was financing massive military operations to help end World War II.
As a share of economic output, the budget gap in fiscal year 2020 hit roughly 16.1%, the largest since 1945, the Treasury Department said Friday, when the country was financing massive military operations to help end World War II.