The federal government ran a $107.1 billion deficit in August, the Treasury Department reported Tuesday.
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The August deficit followed a $112.8 billion budget deficit in July.
Outlays in August totaled $338.438 billion. Receipts totaled $231.327 billion.
In August 2015, the government ran a $64.4 billion deficit.
For the fiscal year to date, the government has a $620.771 billion deficit, compared to a $529.960 billion deficit for the similar period on fiscal 2015.
The August deficit was smaller than the median $108.0 billion deficit predicted by economists polled by Thomson Reuters.
