The U.S. federal government ran a surplus of $27.5B last month versus a deep deficit during May. Last month’s surplus was up from the June 2006 figure of $20.B.

The monthly figure was near Consensus expectations for a surplus of $30B. Analysts' forecasts of the Federal budget benefit from access to the Government's Daily Treasury Statement, the data for which is available in Haver's DAILY database.

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The June budget figures pulled the deficit for the first three quarters of FY07 to $121B, down from $206.5B during last fiscal year's first nine months.

Net revenues grew 7.5% y/y during the first nine months of FY07. Individual income tax receipts (44% of total receipts) grew 11.5%. Corporate income taxes (13% of total receipts) were down sharply as were estate & gift taxes. Higher employment levels raised employment contributions by 4.2%.

U.S. net outlays grew 2.5% during this fiscal year's first nine months versus last year driven by a 5.6% rise in defense spending (19% of total outlays). Medicare expenditures (12% of outlays) surged by14.7% while social security spending (21% of outlays) rose 5.7%. The government's interest expense rose by 4.6% y/y as interest rates have risen.