Infographic: America's Federal Budget & Debt Burden In 2011

By: EW News Desk Team   Date: 13 December 2011

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13 December 2011

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), a non-partisan federal agency within the legislative branch of the US government, recently released an infographic detailing the US's federal budget and debt burden through fiscal year 2011, which ended in September.

From its data, the CBO revealed that the US is currently "facing significant and fundamental budgetary challenges." For fiscal year 2011, the federal government's budget deficit was $1.3 trillion; making it the third-largest shortfall in the past 40 years. Check out their highly informative infographic below:

Source: Congressional Budget Office


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