,Official Treasury Report Shows Fourth Year Of Deficit Growth, Despite Economic Recovery

Official Treasury Report Shows Fourth Year Of Deficit Growth, Despite Economic Recovery


 

Publication Date: October 2004

Publisher: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Richard Kogan; Robert Greenstein

Research Area: Economics

Keywords: Economic projections; Fiscal future; Federal budget; National debt

Type: Report

Abstract:

Fiscal Year 2004 ended on September 30, and today the Treasury Department reported that the deficit for 2004 was $413 billion, or 3.6 percent of Gross Domestic Product.