Federal government budget surplus or deficit (-)

M318501Q027NBEAother indicatorsFree tier

Series IDM318501Q027NBEA
UnitsBillions of Dollars
FrequencyQuarterly
Categoryother indicators
Latest observation2025-10-01
HistoryPoint-in-time: every value as first published plus each revision, so backtests see only what was known on the day

Latest reading

The latest Federal government budget surplus or deficit (-) observation, for 2025-10-01, is -602.474 Billions of Dollars, down from -438.203 for 2025-07-01. It has not been revised since it was first published. 97.0% of observations in this history were revised after first release.

Latest observation2025-10-01
Latest value-602.474 Billions of Dollars
Previous-438.203 (2025-07-01)
Change-164.271 (-37.5%)
First published value-602.474
Last release2026-09-30
Vintages stored15
Observations266
Largest revision (5 years)2022-07-01: -860.49 → -859.892

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