US budget deficit down to $680B, lowest in 5 years

Published October 30, 2013 9:16pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time in five years, the U.S. government has run a budget deficit below $1 trillion.

The government said Wednesday that the deficit for the 2013 budget year totaled $680.3 billion, down from $1.09 trillion in 2012. That’s the smallest imbalance since 2008, when the government ran a $458.6 billion deficit. It’s still the fifth-largest deficit of all time.

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