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Based on the June Treasury Statement | August 6, 1997 |
Continuing strong growth in receipts and a slowdown in outlay growth
will produce a budget deficit below $40 billion for fiscal year 1997.
JUNE RESULTS (In billions of dollars) |
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June 1996 |
June 1997 |
Change | ||
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Receipts | 152.0 | 173.4 | 21.4 | |
Outlays | 117.7 | 118.8 | 1.2 | |
Surplus | 34.3 | 54.5 | 20.2 | |
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Source: Department of the Treasury | ||||
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FISCAL YEAR TO DATE (In billions of dollars) |
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October-June
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FY 1996 | FY 1997 | |||||
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Receipts | 1,091.2 | 1,191.5 | 100.3 | |||
Outlays | 1,165.2 | 1,202.4 | 37.2 | |||
Deficit | 74.0 | 10.9 | -63.1 | |||
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Source: Department of the Treasury | ||||||
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FY 1997 PROJECTIONS (In billions of dollars) |
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Budget Resolution |
May Estimate |
Latest Estimate |
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Receipts | 1,469 | 1,555 | 1,578 | |||
Outlays | 1,622 | 1,622 | 1,612 | |||
Deficit | 153 | 67 | 34 | |||
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Source: Congressional Budget Office | ||||||
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RECEIPTS THROUGH JUNE (In billions of dollars) |
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Major Source | FY 1996 |
FY 1997 |
Percent Change |
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Individual income | 491.8 | 559.7 | 13.8% | ||
Corporate income | 128.7 | 139.0 | 8.0% | ||
Social insurance | 385.8 | 405.0 | 5.0% | ||
Other | 84.9 | 87.8 | 3.5% | ||
Total | 1,091.2 | 1,191.5 | 9.2% | ||
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Source: Department of the Treasury | |||||
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OUTLAYS THROUGH JUNE (In billions of dollars) |
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Major Category | FY 1996 |
FY 1997 |
Percent Change |
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Defense-Military | 188.1 | 192.9 | 2.5% | |||
Social Security benefits | 256.4 | 267.6 | 4.4% | |||
Medicare and Medicaid | 214.6 | 227.7 | 6.1% | |||
Net interest on the public debt | 183.2 | 187.5 | 2.4% | |||
Other | 323.0. | 326.7 | 1.2% | |||
Total | 1,165.2 | 1,202.4 | 3.2% | |||
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Source: Department of the Treasury | ||||||
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CBO ESTIMATES FOR JULY 1997 (In billions of dollars) |
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July 1996 |
July 1997 |
Estimated Change |
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Receipts | 103.9 | 109.0 | 5.1 | |||
Outlays | 130.7 | 134.5 | 3.8 | |||
Deficit | 26.9 | 25.5 | -1.4 | |||
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Source: Congressional Budget Office | ||||||
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Prepared by James Blum and Rosemary Marcuss. |