US budget deficit tops half a trillion

US budget deficit tops half a trillion © Getty Images/Bloomberg Creative The US federal

Outlays accelerated while receipts fell in the first quarter of the new fiscal year, Treasury data shows.

The US federal budget deficit reached half a trillion dollars in the first three months of the new fiscal year as spending picked up while receipts shrank, the US Treasury revealed on Thursday.

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