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U.S. budget deficit in September smallest since January 2020, Treasury says – Metro US

U.S. budget deficit in September smallest since January 2020, Treasury says

FILE PHOTO: Shipping containers are unloaded from a ship at
FILE PHOTO: Shipping containers are unloaded from a ship at a container terminal at the Port of Long Beach-Port of Los Angeles complex, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Los Angeles

(Reuters) – The U.S. federal budget deficit shrank in September to $62 billion from $125 billion in the year-earlier period and was the smallest budget gap since January 2020.

(Reporting by Dan Burns; Editing by Paul Simao)