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Federal Reserve Economic Data

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Federal Budget Surplus or Deficit for the United States (M1525CUSM144NNBR)

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Jun 1940: -248.4
Updated: Aug 20, 2012 8:46 AM CDT
Next Release Date: Not Available
Jun 1940:  -248.4  
May 1940:  -253.7  
Apr 1940:  -486.6  
Mar 1940:  -31.8  
Feb 1940:  -230.9  
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    Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

    Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

    Units:  Millions of Dollars, Not Seasonally Adjusted

    Frequency:  Monthly

    Notes:

    Series Is Presented Here As Five Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1879-1915 (2)--Original Data, 1914-1932 (3)--Original, 1930-1940 (4)--Original, 1939-1947 (5)--Original, 1945-1962. NBER Derived Data By Subtracting Series (Total Federal Budget Expenditures) From Series (Total Federal Budget Receipts). Source: Data Were Derived By NBER From U.S. Treasury Department Figures

    This NBER data series m15025c appears on the NBER website in Chapter 15 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter15.html.

    NBER Indicator: m15025c

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    National Bureau of Economic Research, Federal Budget Surplus or Deficit for the United States [M1525CUSM144NNBR], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M1525CUSM144NNBR, March 14, 2025.

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