April 2020 Deficit Sneak Peak

Through 17 days we have posted a 475B Deficit. Not revenues are negative….this means more refunds have been paid than revenue recieved….not a big surprise since CoronaVirus refund checks started going out last week, and Tax day was moved forward 3 months to 7/15/2020. So it’s nasty for sure, but some of it is just timing….if we can make it to 7/15/2020??

Also of interest…the fed is now carrying 889B of cash, nearly 400B more than the beginning of the month, and $500B more than they had a year ago…so they are definately gearing up to spend.

We still have massive amounts of uncertainty for the full year. There is already talk of another $500B of spending and it will be a few months before the revenue hit % is apparent and we are able to zero in on an accurate prediction. Big question in my mind is…when will we really start the economy back up…and how fast will it come back if it does at all.
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