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U.S. Federal Budget Deficit by Calendar Year

Note: This is not the U.S. Govt's fiscal year which runs October through September.
      For example; fiscal year 2005 starts in the first day of October 2004 and ends on the
      last day of September 2005.

Source: U.S. Treasury

File: defcy.csv

Units: millions of dollars

Year       ,            ,            ,  Deficit or
Jan to Dec ,    Receipts,     Outlays, Surplus (-)

1981       ,      619461,      697816,       78354
1982       ,      608822,      739530,      130706
1983       ,      612921,      803332,      190410
1984       ,      683102,      866694,      183492
1985       ,      745150,      960739,      215619
1986       ,      781857,      992614,      210758
1987       ,      868807,     1035919,      167111
1988       ,      925104,     1066945,      141891
1989       ,      997850,     1152819,      154973
1990       ,     1051984,     1288339,      236356
1991       ,     1059669,     1326497,      266830
1992       ,     1100802,     1427793,      326992
1993       ,     1175250,     1401600,      226348
1994       ,     1288016,     1462997,      184982
1995       ,     1367871,     1514145,      146454
1996       ,     1474652,     1585545,      110891
1997       ,     1619337,     1621785,        2446
1998       ,     1747630,     1692269,      -55362
1999       ,     1858294,     1699669,     -158622
2000       ,     2043424,     1788593,     -254828
2001       ,     1995365,     1901331,      -94032
2002       ,     1814262,     2044936,      230671
2003       ,     1795521,     2191714,      396191