In the United States, budget deficit has decreased to a record indicator in eight years

The US Department of Finance has reported to reduce the country's budget deficit to the lowest level from 2007 - $ 438.9 billion or 2.5% of GDP. It is reported by Bloomberg .

The department clarified that such an indicator is associated with an increase in tax collection. The current budget deficit in the country is lower than the average indicator over the past 40 years. Compared to last year, the deficit decreased by 9.2%.

The income of the US federal budget in this financial year amounted to $ 3.249 trillion, expenses - $ 3.688 trillion. According to the estimates of officials from the US administration, the budget deficit for 2015 was supposed to amount to $ 455 billion.

A year earlier, the budget deficit in the United States was the lowest in six years. In 2008, the budget deficit amounted to $ 450 billion, but in 2009 it increased almost three times - to $ 1.4 trillion.