The federal government ran a $6.3 billion surplus in June, the Treasury Department reported Wednesday.
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The June surplus followed a $52.5 billion budget deficit in May.
The June deficit was smaller than the median $19.0 billion surplus predicted by economists polled by Thomson Reuters.
Outlays in June totaled $323.320 billion. Receipts totaled $329.572 billion.
In June 2015, the government ran a $50.5 billion surplus.
For the fiscal year to date, the government has a $400.8 billion deficit, compared to a $316.4 billion deficit for the similar period on fiscal 2015.
