Monthly · U.S. Department of the Treasury
U.S. Federal Receipts
Monthly U.S. federal receipts reported by the Treasury in the Monthly Treasury Statement.
U.S. Federal Budget Deficit or Surplus
Monthly U.S. federal budget deficit or surplus reported by the Treasury, with deficits positive and surpluses negative.
Latest observation
$26.900B
September 2026
Latest
$26.900B
September 2026
Previous observation
$166.779B
August 2026
Change from previous
-$139.879B
Latest minus previous observation
History high
$864.074B
History low
$-308.215B
History mean
$52.195B
Historical chart
September 2026$26.900BUse ← and → to inspect observations; Home and End jump to the range boundaries.
Observation history
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| September 2026 | $26.900B |
| August 2026 | $166.779B |
| July 2026 | $432.286B |
| June 2026 | $120.305B |
| May 2026 | $292.648B |
| April 2026 | $-215.024B |
| March 2026 | $164.100B |
| February 2026 | $307.501B |
| January 2026 | $94.615B |
| December 2025 | $144.752B |
| November 2025 | $173.277B |
| October 2025 | $284.333B |
| September 2025 | $-197.938B |
| August 2025 | $344.792B |
| July 2025 | $291.143B |
| June 2025 | $-27.010B |
| May 2025 | $315.652B |
| April 2025 | $-258.400B |
| March 2025 | $160.530B |
| February 2025 | $307.017B |
| January 2025 | $128.640B |
| December 2024 | $86.732B |
| November 2024 | $366.763B |
| October 2024 | $257.450B |
| September 2024 | $-80.289B |
| August 2024 | $380.080B |
| July 2024 | $243.741B |
| June 2024 | $70.965B |
| May 2024 | $347.131B |
| April 2024 | $-209.529B |
| March 2024 | $236.556B |
| February 2024 | $296.275B |
| January 2024 | $21.930B |
| December 2023 | $129.354B |
| November 2023 | $314.012B |
| October 2023 | $66.564B |
| September 2023 | $170.715B |
| August 2023 | $-89.256B |
| July 2023 | $220.782B |
| June 2023 | $227.768B |
| May 2023 | $240.348B |
| April 2023 | $-176.181B |
| March 2023 | $378.435B |
| February 2023 | $262.434B |
| January 2023 | $38.784B |
| December 2022 | $85.001B |
| November 2022 | $248.535B |
| October 2022 | $87.874B |
| September 2022 | $429.776B |
| August 2022 | $219.596B |
| July 2022 | $211.052B |
| June 2022 | $88.842B |
| May 2022 | $66.223B |
| April 2022 | $-308.215B |
| March 2022 | $192.634B |
| February 2022 | $216.590B |
| January 2022 | $-118.699B |
| December 2021 | $21.303B |
| November 2021 | $191.335B |
| October 2021 | $165.055B |
| September 2021 | $64.940B |
| August 2021 | $170.635B |
| July 2021 | $302.050B |
| June 2021 | $174.161B |
| May 2021 | $131.953B |
| April 2021 | $225.579B |
| March 2021 | $659.603B |
| February 2021 | $310.922B |
| January 2021 | $162.832B |
| December 2020 | $143.562B |
| November 2020 | $145.266B |
| October 2020 | $284.071B |
| September 2020 | $124.611B |
| August 2020 | $200.012B |
| July 2020 | $62.992B |
| June 2020 | $864.074B |
| May 2020 | $398.754B |
| April 2020 | $738.022B |
| March 2020 | $118.988B |
| February 2020 | $235.278B |
| January 2020 | $32.595B |
| December 2019 | $13.286B |
| November 2019 | $208.838B |
| October 2019 | $134.467B |
| September 2019 | $-82.768B |
| August 2019 | $200.344B |
| July 2019 | $119.696B |
| June 2019 | $8.477B |
| May 2019 | $207.768B |
| April 2019 | $-160.305B |
| March 2019 | $146.945B |
| February 2019 | $233.977B |
| January 2019 | $-8.681B |
| December 2018 | $13.539B |
| November 2018 | $204.903B |
| October 2018 | $100.491B |
| September 2018 | $-119.116B |
| August 2018 | $214.148B |
| July 2018 | $76.865B |
| June 2018 | $74.858B |
Source & methodology
Grizzly Bulls preserves Treasury’s published monthly Deficit/Surplus (-) value in exact integer millions and converts that source amount to billions of U.S. dollars for display. Positive source values remain deficits and negative source values remain surpluses. The published balance is not recomputed or repaired from receipts and outlays.
Dataset: Monthly Treasury Statement: Receipts, Outlays, and Deficit/Surplus.
Unit: Billions of U.S. dollars. Frequency: Monthly.
Expected refresh: Monthly after the U.S. Treasury publishes the Monthly Treasury Statement. History target: 1980 onward.
Revision behavior: Routine source revision policy not documented. Treasury does not document a routine revision schedule for this Monthly Treasury Statement table. Grizzly Bulls refreshes retained history from the current official FiscalData dataset and publishes the latest values Treasury provides for each retained month. Read revision methodology.
Vintage: Latest-known retained history. This page does not preserve prior publication vintages.
Source accessed: Oct 21, 2026.
View the source series at U.S. Department of the Treasury · Read the source methodology
Data API
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