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Budget Deficit Narrows Y/Y With California Deferral, Interest Costs Soar

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  • The US budget deficit came in at $66.6B (cons $65.0B) vs the $87.9B from Oct’22, for the first month of the fiscal year.
  • Bloomberg reports a Treasury official saying the Y/Y improvement was helped by the deferral of taxes for California and some other regions through Apr-Sep of the prior fiscal year to October of the current fiscal year.
  • Going against this was a further surge in interest of public debt, up 87% Y/Y at $88.9B.
  • Further, whilst the overall deficit shrank by 24% on a year-ago, allowing for calendar differences it was only a 4% reduction.

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