While blaming accounting procedures, the federal government’s budget deficit for October came in higher than it did for October of last year.
According to reports, the Treasury Department reported “a $121.7 billion deficit in the first month of the fiscal year, up $31.1 billion from a year ago.”
Treasury also said that tax receipts were probably about $4 billion short because of another calendar quirk — October started on a weekend.
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