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February 2013

Feb 21
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Daily US Deficit For 2/19/2013

By | Daily Deficit
The US Daily Surplus for 2/19/2012 was $10.1B on strong revenues, which we usually see on the Tuesday after a holiday as they report all of the weekend receipts, plus Monday and Tuesday all in one day. Refunds were down, at $4.2B about half of the refunds issued 2/15/2013. The February deficit through 19 days is $154B compared to $185 for 2012.  At $31B under,  for the first time in a while we see some improvement over 2012 not completely attributable to timing, though about $20B is likely timing related to social security and refunds. With 7 business days left, if 2013 is going to top 2012, we will have to average about $14B per day. I don’t see that happening without a large uptick in the pace of refunds, so stay tuned.

2013-02-19 USDD

Feb 20
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Daily US Deficit For 2/15/2013

By | Daily Deficit
The US Daily Deficit for 2/15/2013 was $42.6B thanks to large refunds ($8.5B) and the anticipated interest payment of $33.8B, a $1.1B and 3.3% increase over last years payment on the same date. Through 15 days, the US cash deficit for February is $164B. Revenues, Outlays, and the deficit are all pretty much in line with 2012, making it entirely plausible that the February deficit will meet or exceed last year’s deficit of $249B despite tax hikes and alleged spending cuts.

2013-02-15 USDD

Feb 16
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Daily US Deficit For 2/14/2013

By | Daily Deficit
The US Daily Deficit for 2/14/2013 was $6.2B bringing the February 2013 deficit through 14 days to $122B, still pretty much in line with 2012 on all fronts. In other news, it has been about two weeks since the debt limit was raised, and not surprisingly, the debt has increased $107B over that period after an immediate $41B increase. The current cash balance is $51B, and there are approximately three more months until we get to start playing that game again…May 19 if memory serves. The next DTS won’t be issued until next Tuesday because of Presidents Day, but it could be another whopper due to a large interest payment I am expecting will be made today. $40B+/-  deficit for 2/15/2013 is in the ballpark of what we can expect.

2013-02-14 USDD

Feb 15
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Daily US Deficit For 2/13/2013

By | Daily Deficit

The US Daily Deficit for 2/13/2013 was $23.3B bringing the February deficit to $116B, almost completely closing the $35B gap between 2013 and 2012 we saw as recently as yesterday. With net revenues and outlays flat, and refunds accelerating, we appear to be on track for another February deficit in the $250B range. It is worth noting that gross tax deposits unadjusted for refunds are higher than 2012 by 8%, unfortunately, that’s only $6B, just barely enough to pay for about half of the refunds that went out just yesterday. Just a final note, net revenue does show as negative for 2/13, this is because refunds issued exceeded tax deposits.

2013-02-13 USDD

Feb 14
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Daily US Deficit For 2/12/2013

By | Daily Deficit

The US Daily Deficit for 2/12/2013 was $9.5B bringing the February deficit through 12 days to $92B. Refunds, once running $20B under 2012 have narrowed the gap to $11B. 2013 is currently $35B under last years’s deficit, but as we have been discussing, a lot of this is timing. I wouldn’t be surprised if tomorrow this narrows down to $15B or so as the second round of Social Security payments are made, especially if refunds continue to accelerate. The rest of the month looks like it will be more of the same…steady deficits in the $5-10B range, with the exception of this Friday, when an interest payment in the $30B range will be made, pushing the probable daily deficit up in the $40B range. The only other thing to keep in mind is that last February was a leap year, giving it one additional business day. All else equal (and we know it isn’t) this would lower our 2013 forecast by about $10B.

Here are the charts… Enjoy!!
2013-02-12 USDD