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U.S. Budget Deficit (or Surplus) by Fiscal Year 

Note: the Fiscal year runs from October to September. 
      For example; the fiscal year 2005 starts October 1, 2004
      and runs through September 30, 2005.

File: deffy.csv
Units: millions of dollars

Fiscal     ,            ,            ,            
Year       ,            ,            ,  Deficit or
Oct to Sep ,    Receipts,     Outlays, Surplus (-)
1981       ,      599272,      657204,       57932
1982       ,      618969,      729627,      110656
1983       ,      600562,      795917,      195354
1984       ,      666356,      841798,      175340
1985       ,      734051,      945983,      211963
1986       ,      769091,      990231,      221141
1987       ,      854142,     1003804,      149662
1988       ,      908216,     1063317,      155151
1989       ,      990701,     1144020,      153320
1990       ,     1031307,     1251774,      220470
1991       ,     1054266,     1323756,      269492
1992       ,     1090454,     1380793,      290339
1993       ,     1153227,     1408532,      255305
1994       ,     1257451,     1460552,      203101
1995       ,     1361496,     1515412,      163916
1996       ,     1452765,     1560211,      107625
1997       ,     1578954,     1600918,       21961
1998       ,     1721409,     1651193,      -70217
1999       ,     1827286,     1702919,     -124365
2000       ,     2025039,     1788139,     -236897
2001       ,     1991046,     1864000,     -127043
2002       ,     1853225,     2011017,      157791
2003       ,     1782106,     2156380,      374271