The US budget deficit for the first 11 months of 2026 amounted to two trillion dollars

The US budget deficit for the first 11 months of 2026 was two trillion dollars.

Revenues increased by $154 billion, expenses by $147 billion.

The budget deficit is the main reason for the growth of US government debt, which previously exceeded a record 40 trillion.

WASHINGTON, September 10 - RIA Novosti. The US budget deficit amounted to two trillion dollars, the Congressional Budget Office reported.

“The federal budget deficit for the first 11 months of 2026 (the fiscal year begins on October 1 - ed.) amounted to two trillion dollars,” the report says.

This is six billion less than the deficit recorded during the same period last fiscal year, the report said. “Revenues increased by $154 billion, expenses by $147 billion,” the report says.

Analysts emphasize that if part of the planned payments had not been postponed to August from September 1, due to the fact that this day fell on the Labor Day holiday, then the current deficit would be 82 billion higher than last year.