Figures on government spending and debt

From AP:

Total public debt subject to limit May 22…….11,241,715
Statutory debt limit…………………………………12,104,000
Total public debt outstanding May 22………..11,301,676
Operating balance May 22……………………………229,391
Interest fiscal year 2009 thru April………………..193,439
Interest same period 2008…………………………..243,904
Deficit fiscal year 2009 thru April……………………802,294
Deficit same period 2008……………………………..153,471
Receipts fiscal year 2009 thru April……………..1,256,066
Receipts same period 2008 ……………………….1,549,720
Outlays fiscal year 2009 thru April……………….2,058,360
Outlays same period 2008…………………………1,703,191
Gold assets in April………………………………………..11,041

I’m assuming these are in millions of dollars.

Posted by on May 26th, 2009 at 4:44 pm


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