{
  "id": 926384,
  "title": "Estimated FY2026 Budget Deficit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/estimated-fy2026-budget-deficit",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-13T11:11:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Econbrowser",
    "slug": "econbrowser",
    "url": "https://econbrowser.com/archives/2026/08/estimated-fy2026-budget-deficit"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "From CBO. Source: CBO. Notes: Solid light purple is FY2024, solid dark purple is FY2025, dashed black is FY2026 estimate for cumulative deficit. As of 2026Q2, we’re nearly a percentage point above full employment, according to CBO’s estimate of potential GDP. Shouldn’t the deficit be shrinking, rather than increasing, as a share of GDP?",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}