U.S. Federal Budget Deficit or Surplus observation history

Page 5 of 6. Retained observations are shown newest first.

Historical observations

Showing 100 of 552 retained observations, from February 1985 through May 1993.
Budget Deficit or Surplus historical observations, page 5
PeriodValue
May 1993$36.963B
April 1993$-7.817B
March 1993$43.974B
February 1993$48.498B
January 1993$-29.817B
December 1992$38.947B
November 1992$32.726B
October 1992$48.792B
September 1992$-5.310B
August 1992$24.742B
July 1992$43.147B
June 1992$-3.782B
May 1992$46.773B
April 1992$-14.603B
March 1992$50.712B
February 1992$49.180B
January 1992$15.668B
December 1991$2.534B
November 1991$44.684B
October 1991$36.594B
September 1991$6.887B
August 1991$43.649B
July 1991$40.831B
June 1991$2.579B
May 1991$53.367B
April 1991$-30.009B
March 1991$41.173B
February 1991$26.191B
January 1991$-1.650B
December 1990$7.387B
November 1990$47.723B
October 1990$31.364B
September 1990$-20.768B
August 1990$52.719B
July 1990$25.924B
June 1990$11.105B
May 1990$42.482B
April 1990$-41.829B
March 1990$53.324B
February 1990$35.207B
January 1990$-8.282B
December 1989$14.772B
November 1989$29.732B
October 1989$26.084B
September 1989$6.146B
August 1989$22.150B
July 1989$18.237B
June 1989$-7.785B
May 1989$25.433B
April 1989$-40.654B
March 1989$35.784B
February 1989$27.871B
January 1989$-2.797B
December 1988$12.790B
November 1988$29.140B
October 1988$27.005B
September 1988$-10.173B
August 1988$23.079B
July 1988$22.918B
June 1988$-9.134B
May 1988$22.583B
April 1988$-13.769B
March 1988$29.283B
February 1988$24.065B
January 1988$-15.896B
December 1987$24.363B
November 1987$27.022B
October 1987$30.810B
September 1987$-15.204B
August 1987$21.796B
July 1987$22.339B
June 1987$0.623B
May 1987$35.637B
April 1987$-38.742B
March 1987$27.931B
February 1987$28.379B
January 1987$2.157B
December 1986$12.369B
November 1986$27.087B
October 1986$25.290B
September 1986$3.926B
August 1986$28.056B
July 1986$22.304B
June 1986$1.044B
May 1986$39.396B
April 1986$-9.928B
March 1986$30.142B
February 1986$24.580B
January 1986$6.492B
December 1985$14.656B
November 1985$33.386B
October 1985$27.087B
September 1985$0.764B
August 1985$27.597B
July 1985$21.533B
June 1985$1.408B
May 1985$41.997B
April 1985$-11.386B
March 1985$29.502B
February 1985$21.053B
Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury. Unit: Billions of U.S. dollars. Frequency: Monthly. The canonical chart page remains U.S. Federal Budget Deficit or Surplus.