The federal government ran a $106.5 billion surplus in April, the second largest on record, the Treasury Department reported Wednesday.
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The April surplus followed a $108.0 billion budget deficit in March.
The April surplus was larger than the median $102.5 billion surplus predicted by economists polled by Thomson Reuters.
Outlays in April totaled $331.980 billion. Receipts totaled $438.432 billion.
In April 2015, the government ran a $156.7 billion surplus, the largest surplus on record.
For the fiscal year to date, the government has a $354.6 billion deficit, compared to a $282.8 billion deficit for the similar period on fiscal 2015.
