Government Receipts and Expenditures Third Quarter of 2013

摘要

NET GOVERNMENT saving, the difference between current receipts and current expenditures of the federal government and state and local governments, was -$1,087.1 billion in the third quarter of 2013, decreasing $236.4 billion from -$850.7 billion in the second quarter of 2013. Net federal government saving was -$854.2 billion in the third quarter, decreasing $201.1 billion from -$653.1 in the second quarter (see page 12). Current receipts turned down, and current expenditures decelerated in the third quarter.