Posts Tagged ‘Budget surplus’
LiveWire Economics Blog - May 11, 2012 23:56
US Posts Budget Surplus for the First Time Since 2008
The US government has posted its monthly budget surplus for the first time since September 2008. The US Treasury Department on its report on Thursday disclosed that the tax receipts gained while spending on education, Medicare and defense programs reduced in April. The US government reported the budget surplus figure of $59 billion for the […]
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