US Posts $120 Billion June Deficit as Spending Outpaces Revenue
- ▸The US recorded a $120 billion budget deficit in June 2026, a $147 billion swing from the $27 billion surplus posted in June 2025, Treasury data show.
- ▸The fiscal year 2026 deficit for the first nine months (October–June) reached $1.4 trillion, up from $1.3 trillion a year earlier, as a $172 billion rise in outlays outpaced $143 billion in additional revenue.
- ▸CBO's companion analysis attributes most of the nine-month spending increase to Social Security (+$62B), net interest on the public debt (+$98B), Medicare (+$58B), and Medicaid (+$49B).
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A wider US federal deficit typically means more Treasury borrowing to finance it, which can put upward pressure on global bond yields — the 10-year Treasury yield has already climbed past 4.6% in July 2026, well above the past decade's average. Higher US yields tend to pull capital toward dollar assets and away from emerging markets, including India, potentially adding pressure on the rupee and raising the RBI's incentive to keep its own rate differential wide enough to retain foreign portfolio investment.
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